8 Mile

Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger Director: Curtis Hanson Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 8th May, 2006 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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8 Mile is a movie starring Marshall Mathers as the young white rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. Eight Mile Road is a road which forms the boundary between predominantly- African American Detroit, Michigan & the citys mostly white northern suburbs. The term 8 Mile therefore represents a barrier that is difficult to cross. Besides Eminem, the movie stars Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Omar Benson Miller, Eugene Byrd, Michael Shannon, Evan Jones, Chloe Greenfield, Taryn Manning & DeAngelo Wilson. The story of the film is about a young man living in Detroit who is supposed to be a prodigy of freestyle rap. The movie starts out with Eminems character, at a locally organized music event similar to the Rap Olympics. He chokes his performance & loses the competition. This loss contributes to a general sense of shame in the movie & creates great suspense that makes the ending of the movie very powerful where Rabbit really excels & wins the competition. Rabbits best friend Future is the MC of this event & is played by Mekhi Phifer. Posters Of 8 Mile

Rap star Eminem makes a strong movie debut in 8 Mile, an urban drama that makes a fairly standard plot fly through its gritty attention to detail. Jimmy Smith , nicknamed B Rabbit, cant pull himself together to take the next step with his career, or with his life. Angry about his alcoholic mother & worried about his little sister, Rabbit lets out his feelings with twisting, clever raps admired by his friends, who keep pushing him to enter a weekly rap face-off. But Rabbit resists, until he meets a girl who might offer him support & a little hope that his life could get better. Under the smart & ambitious direction of Curtis Hanson & ably supported by the excellent cast & the burnt-out environment of Detroit slums, Eminem reveals a surprising vulnerability that makes 8 Mile vivid & compelling.

Eminem is the stage name of Marshall Bruce Mathers III, one of todays most controversial & popular hip hop musicians. He is perhaps best known for being one of the few successful white rappers in the industry, not to mention one of the most critically acclaimed. He is also infamous for the controversy surrounding many of his lyrics, which are said by critics to be homophobic, misogynistic & excessively violent. Mathers was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri & spent most of his childhood moving back & forth between Saint Joseph & suburban Detroit, Michigan. Interested in rap from a young age, Mathers began performing as early as fourteen, later gaining some popularity with a group, Soul Intent. His wife Kim gave birth to his daughter, Hailie Jade, on 25 December 1995. In the same year, he released his first independent album, named Infinite, following it up with The Slim Shady EP in 1997. He became famous in the hip-hop underground because of his distinctive, cartoonish style & the fact that he is white. Some people called him raps great white hope. Posters Of Eminem

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Kim Basinger is a notable American film actress who entered the profession after great success as a model. Her most prominent appearances include Nine 1/2 Weeks, Batman & L,A. Confidential for which she received a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 1993 to 2002, she was married to actor Alec Baldwin, with whom she later engaged in a long legal custody battle regarding their child. During the 1990s, she purchased & later sold the entire town of Braselton, Georgia. Posters Of Kim Basinger

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