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He comes out of the rundown Detroit street of abandoned houses and strip clubs called 8 Mile (it separates the decaying predominantly-black inner city from the affluent predominantly-white suburbs to the north). Eminem plays the part of a skulking and sometimes shrill white rapper, whose name is Jimmy Smith Jr., a.k.a. It may or may not be about Eminem (the film character he plays certainly resembles the brooding rapper). Yo! “8 Mile” is a rags-to-better rags biopic set in 1995 in Motown (it was also shot in Detroit, giving it an authentic inner city look). “ If Eminem is a genius then Tiny Tim must be God.“
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(director: Curtis Hanson screenwriter: Scott Silver cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto editors: Craig Kitson/Jay Rabinowitz music: Eminem cast: Eminem (Jimmy Smith Jr./Rabbit), Taryn Manning (Janeanne), Anthony Mackie (Papa Doc), Kim Basinger (Stephanie Smith), Michael Shannon (Greg), Chloe Greenfield (Lily), Mekhi Phifer (Future/David Porter), Brittany Murphy (Alex), Eugene Byrd (Wink), Omar Benson Miller (Sol George), Evan Jones (Cheddar Bob), De’Angelo Wilson (D.J Iz) Runtime: 118 MPAA Rating: R producers: Brian Grazer/Jimmy Iovone/Curtis Hanson Universal 2002)