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8 Mile

Year:

2002

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Drama | Music

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Curtis Hanson

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 10 wins & 19 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2002-11-08

Filming Locations: Chin Tiki Club - 2121 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Earnings

Budget: $41,000,000

Opening Weekend: $51,240,555 (USA) (10 November 2002)

Gross: $116,724,075 (USA) (9 March 2003)

Cast

Actor

Character

Taryn Manning

8 Mile

Eminem

Jimmy 'B-Rabbit' Smith

Kim Basinger

Stephanie Smith

Mekhi Phifer

David 'Future' Porter

Brittany Murphy

Alex

Evan Jones

Cheddar Bob

Omar Benson Miller

Sol George

De'Angelo Wilson

DJ Iz

Eugene Byrd

Wink

Larry Hudson

Bouncer

Proof

Lil' Tic

Mike Bell

Shorty Mike

DJ Head

Battle DJ

Michael Shannon

Greg Buehl

Chloe Greenfield

Lily Smith

Mary Hannigan

Mrs. Helgeland

Anthony Mackie

Papa Doc

Strike

Lyckety-Splyt

Nashawn 'Ox' Breedlove

Lotto

Na'Keya Snoddy

Papa Doc's Girl

Malik Barnhardt

Moochie

Day Golfin

Day

Allen Adams

Omar

Hom

Parking Lot Rapper #1

Obie Trice

Parking Lot Rapper #2

Njeri Earth

Parking Lot Rapper #3

Jennifer Kitchen

Willing Girl

Kyla Womack

Alex's Friend

Melissa Zaglanikzny

Christine

Rockey Black

Rocky

Craig Chandler

Paul

Paul Bates

Manny

Miz-Korona

Female Lunch Truck Rapper

Xzibit

Male Lunch Truck Rapper

Abdul Salaam El Razzac

Joe Lee Patton

Steven Monroe

Plant Worker

John Smith Jr.

Lobby Security Guard

Venicia Foreman

WJLB Receptionist

Waverly W. Alford II

Big O

Bushman

WJLB Disc Jockey

Adam Brook

Roy Darucher

Dave Daniels

Chin Tiki Club Goer

Stephen Detherage

Diner #1 (uncredited)

Karin Dicker

Sarah Jane - Age 8

Brandon T. Jackson

Chin Tiki Club Goer

Jason Jarchow

Bartender

Tracey Kroll

Shelter Nightclub Goer

Kei Leong

Shelter Nightclub Goer

Juanita Moore

Annie Johnson

Russell Rabb

Bathroom Thug

Jerry Reid

Club Goer

Nickola Shreli

Extra (uncredited)

Grace Stafford

Woody Woodpecker (archive sound) (uncredited)

Sara Stokes

Girl in Crowd

Steve Van Hee

Chin Tiki Club Goer

Did you know?

Trivia

Eminem was quite keen that the film not be an autobiographical piece as he felt that homing in on his own personal history would limit the storytelling and characterization. By creating a fictional character, he knew that he would be unrestricted in how he performed.

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Actor "Michael Shannon (V)" (who plays Greg, Rabbit's mom's boyfriend) is actually almost 2 years younger than "Eminem".

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Anthony Mackie's first credited acting role.

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Goofs

In the Rap Battle, Future calls Lotto and Lyckety-Splyt by their real-life rap aliases, "Ox" (Nashawn 'Ox' Breedlove) and "Strike", instead of their characters' names.

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Length of B-Rabbit's sideburns.

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Set in 1995, but later model cars drive by in many scenes.

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Quotes

Jimmy Smith Jr: Yo I need to get some privacy here guys.

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Alex: [to Jimmy] So how come they call you rabbit?

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Jimmy Smith Jr: Fuck a beat, I'll go A Capella. Fuck a Papa Doc, fuck a clock, fuck a trailer, fuck everybody. Fuck y'all if you doubt me. I'm a piece of fuckin' white trash, I say it proudly. And fuck this battle, I don't want to win, I'm outtie. Here, tell these people something they don't know about me.

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Faq

What does 1Pac, 2Pac, 3Pac, 4Pac mean?

Rabbit was insulting his opponents' tough gangster attitudes, by showing them how they were all trying to act like 2Pac (Tupac Shakur). He continues to do so by calling Papa Doc "No Pac" as if he were the only one in the crew not able to act gangster. The line says: "You're Pac, he's Pac, no Pac, none" and with "None" he's referring that even if they have that attitude any of them are 2Pac and finally, Rabbit makes a cut-throat sign. After that, he begins to discredit credibility and raps about Pap Doc's real background (he attended Cranbrook, a private school); Papa Doc's background showed that his "gangster" attitude was just for the show.

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

What does 'Uncle Tom' mean?

An "Uncle Tom" is a derogatory term for a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people. You may read more on the subject here.

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