Director: Curtis
Hanson
Writer: Scott
Silver, Jesse Wigutow
Cast: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany
Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Eugene Byrd, Taryn Manning, De'Angelo
Wilson
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Official Website:
http://www.8-mile.com/
In the absence of nurturing
parents, Jimmy (Eminem)and his friends - cool
and charismatic Future (Mekhi Phifer), optimistic
dreamer Sol (Omar Benson Miller), aspiring activist DJ Iz
(De'Angelo Wilson) and slow but steady Cheddar
Bob (Evan Jones) - have created their own family. Jimmy
(Eminem) and his "crew" (Three One Third), live
on hopes of "getting that big deal soon," while
struggling to eke out a living at their dead end jobs and
navigating the minefields of their turbulent personal relationships.
As Jimmy so bluntly puts it: "we're all broke as shit
and living at home with our moms." At night, they feed
their dreams in the hip hop dubs of Detroit where the city's
best rappers battle each other with emotionally abusive
rhymes as they vie for the respect of their peers. In the
un-poetic world of Three One Third, rhyme is wielded like
a weapon with words meant to wound. And victory belongs
to the quick-witted.
