8 mile cast

A down-and-out youth with a dead-end job and an unstable home life pursues a career as a rap artist. Close Ad. New This Month. New and Upcoming Netflix Shows and Movies, 8 mile cast.

Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem. Rabbit : [rapping] Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Play trailer Drama Music.

8 mile cast

The film, which contains autobiographical elements from Eminem's life, follows white rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road , the highway between the predominantly black city of Detroit and the largely white suburban communities to the north that Eminem originally lived in. It opened at No. In , Jimmy is an aspiring rapper who performs under the stage name B-Rabbit. A blue-collar worker from a poor family residing in a trailer park just north of Detroit , Jimmy has moved to the run-down trailer home of his alcoholic mother, Stephanie, his younger sister Lily, and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend, Greg. Although encouraged by his friends, Jimmy worries about his potential as a rapper. One night, Jimmy chokes during a rap battle at a local venue, the Shelter , and he leaves the stage humiliated. During the day, Jimmy works at a car factory. Desperate for money, he asks for extra shifts, but his supervisor bluntly dismisses his request because of his habitual tardiness. Later on, he befriends a woman named Alex and begins to take more responsibility for the direction of his life. Stephanie discovers an eviction notice as Jimmy is getting ready for work. Jimmy's friendship with Wink, who has ties to a record label promoter, becomes strained after he discovers that Wink does promotional work for Jimmy's rivals, a rap group known as "Leaders of the Free World.

In his debut movie he managed to play it real and natural. Trailer Stunts 2 Credits.

Sign In. Kim Basinger Stephanie. Mekhi Phifer Future. Brittany Murphy Alex. Evan Jones Cheddar Bob.

Pale, depressed, Jimmy Smith Jr. Eminem skulks through a life that has been so terribly unkind to him. His girlfriend has gotten pregnant and broken up with him, and although he did the right thing by her--he gave her his old car--he now faces the prospect of moving back into his mother's trailer home, with her boyfriend who hates him. Jimmy carries his clothes around in a garbage bag. He has a job as a punch press operator. We see him, early in "8 Mile," about to do the only thing he does well and takes joy in doing. He is about to go onstage at the Shelter, a rap club that looks uncannily like a deserted building, and engage in the hip-hop version of a poetry slam.

8 mile cast

A down-and-out youth with a dead-end job and an unstable home life pursues a career as a rap artist. Close Ad. New This Month. New and Upcoming Netflix Shows and Movies. New and Upcoming Hulu Shows and Movies. Naked Wines has a Great Offer. What to Watch. If You Like Director 6 Credits.

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Eugene Byrd. Stunts 2 Credits. I was afraid of this movie. His work also includes the sports drama Ballers in which he portrayed NFL player-turned-sports executive Charles Greane. Eminem holds the camera by natural right. Box Office Prophets. Confidential , tragically passed away in at the age of 71 per Rolling Stone. March 24, However, he can be irresponsible at times such as the time when he accidentally shoots himself. From to , he portrayed Gregory Pratt in ER , he appeared as Max in the Divergent franchise, and he had a recurring role in Love, Victor from to Kim's roles since 8 Mile include portraying Claire St. Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. He went on to have a long and well-known career after playing Papa Doc. And he reads lines with an offbeat freshness.

The 8 Mile cast comprises not just a trailblazing musician but many other renowned character actors.

This motivates Jimmy to do the battle. Peter Travers gave the film three and a half out of four. Production Designer 1 Credit. Sign In Sign In. Brandy Tahnora Main Hackler uncredited. From to , he portrayed Gregory Pratt in ER , he appeared as Max in the Divergent franchise, and he had a recurring role in Love, Victor from to And he reads lines with an offbeat freshness. Along with a few other performances in , he took on the part of CJ Cooke in the series Reasonable Doubt. What does "Uncle Tom" mean? Featured review. Chicago Sun-Times. National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The New York Observer. Grammy Award [38].