8 Mile
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Curtis Hanson
Kim Basinger
Mekhi Phifer
Brittany Murphy
Taryn Manning
Obie Trice
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
No matter who we are, no matter where we live, we're all bound by borders. Many of us are content to live within these borders--others are simply forced to exist within them. But some of us need to break out, burst through, even if what is on the other side is both frightening and unknown. From this comes the tale of one young man's dilemma as he navigates his way through his colliding worlds. Set against Detroit's hip-hop scene in 1995, Jimmy Smith Jr., a young white rapper, struggles to find his voice. The people of Detroit know 8 Mile Road as the city's perimeter. It is also a psychological dividing line between urban and suburban, between black and white, between where Jimmy is and where he wants to be. Here, survival is key, and for many, the emotional life preserver is hip hop. In the absence of nurturing parents, Jimmy and his friends--cool and charasmatic Future, optimistic dreamer Sol, aspiring activist DJ Iz and slow but steady Cheddar Bob--have created their own family. Jimmy and his "crew" (Three One Third), live on hopes of getting their "big break" while struggling to eke out a living at their dead end day jobs. At night, they feed their dreams in the hip hop clubs where the city's best rappers battle each other with abusive rhymes that are wielded like weapons. Here, words are meant to wound and victory belongs to the quick-witted.
Director
Curtis Hanson
Cast
Kim Basinger
Mekhi Phifer
Brittany Murphy
Taryn Manning
Obie Trice
John Smith
Eugene Byrd
Paul Bates
Melissa Zaglanikzny
Venicia Foreman
Omar Benson Miller
Allen Adams
Evan Jones
Michael Shannon
Mary Hannigan
Jennifer Kitchen
Adam Brook
Larry Hudson
Anthony Mackie
Malik Barnhardt
Kyla Womack
De'angelo K. Wilson
Waverly W Alford
Mike Bell
Chloe Greenfield
Nashawn Breedlove
Steve Monroe
Craig Chandler
Njeri Earth
Day Golfin
Abdul Salaam El Razzac
Rockey Black
Crew
Richard Adrian
Cary Alvin
Kokayi Ampah
Matiki Anoff
Roy Ayers
Kevin Baker
Andre Barnes
Michael Barnett
Ron Bartlett
J Bass
Robert Baumgartner
James Bedford
Andrt Benjamin
Lee Bernstein
Ralph Bertelle
Anthony Best
Thomas Betts
Jamie Biehl
Big Boi
Luiz Bonfa
Steve Bowen
Eric Breed
Mark Bridges
Patrick Brown
Vinnie Brown
Michael Burmeister
Gary Burritt
Eva Z. Cabrera
Kathleen Callahan
Rick Canelli
Gail Carroll-coe
Dara Cartz
John C Casey
George Clinton Jr.
Dennis Coles
Sean Combs
Mary Courtney
Omar Credle
Anna Culp
Dane A. Davis
Pat Dougherty
Thom Ehle
Jane English
Julia Evershade
Carol Fenelon
Carol Fenelon
Mali Finn
Stephanie Flack
Gerard Forrest
Rodolfo Franklin
Louis Freese
Camille Friend
Harvey Fuqua
Wiliam W. Gideon
Keir Gist
Don Glenn
Ron Glenn
Gregory Goodman
Brian Grazer
Walter Greene
Gary Grice
Shannon Hamed
Curtis Hanson
Trevant Hardson
Barbara Harris
Lamont Hawkins
Isaac Hayes
Eric Heffron
Jason Hunter
Jeff Imada
Jimmy Iovine
Gary Jay
Russell Jones
Russell Jones
Kirk Jones
Montell Jordan
Montell Jordan
Carlton Kaller
Mark Karavite
Kevin Kavanaugh
R. Kelly
Erma Kent
Dean M King
Edward King
Rodman Kiser
Craig Kitson
Earl Klugh
Andrew Lackey
Mary Jo Lang
Mark Larry
Rodney Lemay
Tali Lipa
James Lloyd
Herb Magidson
Method Man
Method Man
Chris Anthony John Martin
James O Maull
Jason Mcguire
Steven B. Melton
Kristen Toscano Messina
Philip Messina
Danny Michael
John D. Milinac
Joe Milner
Joseph Modeliste
Alyson Moore
Michael J. Moore
Donald J. Mowat
James Mtume
Kejuan Muchita
Lawrence Muggerud
Shirley Murdock
Raymon Murray
Nashiem Myrick
Todd Nesbit
Arthur Neville
Cyril Neville
Leo Nocentelli
Thomas J. O'connell
Jean Claude Olivier
Christine Orth
Harvey Osten
Harry Otto
Stuart Parr
Patrick J Pask
Austin Patterson
Joseph K Phillips
Oji Pierce
Patrick Pitts
David Porter
George Porter
Lamont Porter
Rodrigo Prieto
Elizabeth Probst
Scott Puckett
Jay Rabinowitz
Ginger Ramsey-grippe
Miguel Raya
Redman
Eli Reed
Luis Resto
Luis Resto
Luis Resto
Senen Reyes
Vince Riggle
Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov
Romye Robinson
John Roesch
Paul Rosenberg
Gary Rossington
Robert Schaper
Andrew Schmetterling
Marc Scott
Tupac Shakur
Tupac Shakur
Garry M Shider
Scott Silver
Jerrell S Skinner
Biggie Smalls
Biggie Smalls
Mark Smith
Chris Snyder
Ronnie Specter
David L Spradley
Fredro Starr
Derrick Lemel Stewart
Mitch Stone
Sylvia Striplin
Graham Stumpf
Nicole Sylvester
Nancy Tarr-wager
Tyrone Taylor
Maria Toledo
Larry Troutman
Roger Troutman
Ronnie Van Zant
Rico Wade
Ricky Walters
Zane Weiner
Brian West
Jim Whitaker
Lottie Wiggins
Jesse Wigutow
Emandu Imani Rashaan Wilcox
David L Wolfson
Corey Woods
Allie Wrubel
James Yancey
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Wins
Best Song
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video January 14, 2003
Released in United States on Video March 18, 2003
Giovanni Ribisi was previously attached to the role of Wink.
Scott Silver was previously attached to direct.
Feature screenwriting debut for Jesse Wigutow.
Released in United States Fall November 8, 2002
Released in United States on Video January 14, 2003
Released in United States on Video March 18, 2003
Released in United States Fall November 8, 2002
