A sequel to eminems 8 mile isnt slated for release this year or ever. Jan 07, 2018 the movie 8 mile is semiautobiographical and won an oscar shutterstock anyone who saw 8 mile may acknowledge that while eminem isnt the greatest actor, he s still a great artist. It opened with the second highest earnings for an rrated movie in. Ranveer singhs gully boy similar to eminems 8 mile. 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. Now in eminems original life too similar thing happened. Ever since, people from all over the world can identify the name of at least one detroit street. Film about halseys life to be the new 8 mile metro news. In the final scene of 8 mile, brabbit eminem has to battle rap three members of the leaders of the free world, back to back.
Like, obviously everything that happened in the movie didnt happen in my real life, you know. Eminem grew up here near 8 mile road in detroit in a small house which is shown on his 2000 album, the marshal. Eminem biography facts, childhood, family life, achievements. Hanson lensed a film that wasnt exactly about eminem.
Eminem began an acting career in 2002, when he starred in the hip hop drama film 8 mile. Before 8 mile, brittany made her in 1995 teen comedy clueless and 1999s drop dead gorgeous. The film is loosely based on the controversial rappers salad days in the detroit urban underground, and fittingly, for the soundtrack, em attempts to recapture the grit and grime of his early demos. Ranveer singhs gully boy a bollywood version of eminem. The album, performed by various artists, was released under shady records. I hate listening to constant bitching and dated slogans about bitches and benjamins. I am from detroit, and believe me when i say this is eminems life along 8 mile rd, and the legendary detroit rap battles. Film to be made about halseys life that will do for her what 8 mile did for eminem. Mar, 2014 mekhi phifer says he almost turned down role in eminems 8 mile because the film seemed cheesy.
Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 56 produced by 8. Proof was represented in two ways in 8 mile, the 2002 biopic based on eminems life. The story behind eminems 8 mile battle that you probably haven. This scene starts the whole process of how the movie will move forward. But while bowling, a documentary on gun violence in america that focuses much of its attention on detroit and windsor, has had its share of attention, the controversy surrounding 8 mile, the semiautobiographical and semifictionalized life of rapper eminem, has been ongoing since before the movie premiered nov. Loosely based on eminem s life before becoming famous, the film 8 mile was meant to open the hiphop megastar up to broader popularity mainly amongst his fans parents. We are hardly started in 8 mile, and already we see that this movie stands aside from routine debut films by pop stars. For those who accept that rap is an art form, this movie will be easier to believe.
Apr 26, 2018 halsey will star in an 8 mile style movie based on her life. It s been 15 years to the day since hiphop cult film, 8 mile, was released in theaters nationwide. It spawned the hit single lose yourself by eminem, who also stars in the semiautobiographical movie. Nov 08, 2017 loosely based on eminem s life before becoming famous, the film 8 mile was meant to open the hiphop megastar up to broader popularity mainly amongst his fans parents. Jan 28, 2020 8 mile is a 2002 drama starring eminem, loosely based on his life. Omar landed his most prominent role, miracle at st. However, during the trailer release last month, gully boy was compared to 8 mile 2002. Some of the language could have been toned down, but reality is. The article reported that a sequel to the eminem film 8 mile would be. The movie 8 mile is semiautobiographical and won an oscar shutterstock anyone who saw 8 mile may acknowledge that while eminem isnt the greatest actor, hes still a great artist. Overall 8 mile would have to be one of the best movies ever made about a person s life. In the movie, cheddar bob is a dumbbutloveable friend who is also an.
Jobs conditions of use privacy policy interestbased ads. As 8 mile was a reflection of eminems early days, southpaw was to be an echo of his. Anthony mackie at an event for 8 mile 2002 curtis hanson and eminem in 8. Even though there are certain things in the movie that relate to eminem s life ex. The film follows white rapper brabbit eminem and his attempt to launch a career in a genre dominated by africanamericans.
The title is derived from 8 mile road, the highway between the. The main character, jimmy aka brabbit, gets his start rapping in battles held at the shelter, a real venue in detroit with a rich history of hiphop. Its based on eminem, but the boxing movie forges its own path in 2010, dreamworks announced that it would be making a film as a continuation to the hugely successful 8 mile. Love this movie, 8 mile so much truth to the storyline, everyday people are able to relate. I really hope they find a story line for the sequel. Add if somethings missing, and when you annotate follow this.
What the movie is missing, however, is the third act in which the hero becomes a star. Off screen, eminem, aka slim shady, aka marshall mathers his real name, is an. It stands aside from britney spears and the spice girls and the other hit machines who have unwisely tried to transfer musical ability into acting careers. Mekhi phifer says he almost turned down role in eminem s 8 mile because the film seemed cheesy. Hi em its me your favorite rapper sad asked in movie genres, eminem. Now fans, who have watched it, have compared his rapping style to rapper eminems movie 8 mile. Nov 08, 2002 8 mile, eminem s motionpicture debut, is a semiautobiographical portrait of the rapper as a young rapscallion. With lose yourself, eminem had to figure out a way to authentically express. With eminem, brittany murphy, kim basinger, mekhi phifer. Marv won takes us behind one of the films most famous deleted scenes. Director curtis hanson, knew exactly what he was doing when he made 8 mile.
Halsey will star in an 8 mile style movie based on her life. Well, at any rate, it wasnt about an eminem his millions of fans had. All the ways 8 mile is radically different from eminems. Music from and inspired by the motion picture wikipedia. The story behind eminems 8 mile battle that you probably. The film follows the story of brabbit, a bluecollar worker from detroit who tries to make a breakthrough in the hiphop battle scene, a predominantly black genre. Despite 8 mile s top behindthescenes talent such as director curtis hanson and producer brian grazer, this movie s primary appeal will be to the fans eminem already has. The same year, the famous rapper featured in 8 mile, a movie based loosely on his life, though the artiste claims otherwise. Jimmy smith jr, aka brabbit struggles to escape a deadend life in the stars home town of detroit. That being said, i wouldnt say this movie is based on but rather influenced by eminems life. Ive lived in trailers, but i didnt grow up in a trailer.
Jul 30, 2014 on the other hand, there isnt a ton of humor in 8 mile, even though each of those reallife people inspires the movie on one level or another. Hailed as the first great hiphop film since the pioneering beat street and wild style, eminem s bigscreen debut, 8 mile, is backed by a soundtrack thats considerably tougher than leather. Lose yourself in this detroit map of 8 mile filming. Chloe greenfield was only 6yearsold when she played the little sister lily opposite eminem as brabbit in the 2002 rapbattle movie 8 mile. As the end credits proudly announce, the movie was filmed on location in the 3, the area code for inner urban detroit, traditionally separated from the posher northern suburbs by the titular 8 mile road and right on 8 mile road itself, in the suburb of warren, is 8 mile mobile. It s a movie that you can tell has had a lot of time and effort put into it. Music from and inspired by the motion picture is the official soundtrack to the 2002 movie of the same name. Mile high is a british television drama based on the lives of the cabin crew members of fresh. Eminems first movie was 8 mile, which is loosely based on his life. People were generally a bit sniffy when rapper eminem decided he was going into movies, expecting something a bit ja rule or vanilla ice. Forum discusses portrayal of detroit, culture in 8 mile. Zoya akhtar reacts to gully boy being compared to eminem.
Brittany murphy, eminems costar in 8 mile, is another actress hollywood had ever linked with the lose yourself rapper. Hailed as the first great hiphop film since the pioneering beat street and wild style, eminems bigscreen debut, 8 mile, is backed by a soundtrack thats considerably tougher than leather. Even though there are certain things in the movie that relate to eminems life ex. Mar 16, 2020 after a successful appearance in 8 mile, omar started getting more recognition. The main character, jimmy aka brabbit, gets his start rapping in battles held at the shelter, a real venue in detroit with a rich history of. At the beginning of the film, b rabbit gets booed off the stage at the shelter, because he completely freezes and cant think of anything to say. Jul 28, 2015 the film was to be called southpaw, and would star eminem as a hasbeen boxer fighting to reassemble the pieces of his life. Mekhi phifer says he almost turned down role in eminems. You see, while technically this movie isnt at all based on. And after hearing about eminem s wifebeating and all around socially retarded mentality, i wanted less to do with 8 mile on the probability that he may be receiving a percentage of the ticket sales. The film chronicled the life of detroit rapper brabbit played by eminem as he fought his. As 8 mile was a reflection of eminems early days, southpaw was to be an echo of his struggles at the top. This is a list of all the songs that appear in the soundtrack of the movie 8 mile, based on the rapper eminems life. The movie is another example of eminem playing with personas, the way he does in his songs.
While his popchart peers britney spears and mariah carey broke into film with vehicles that cemented their status as walking punchlines, eminem assembled outstanding collaborators for his own debut, 8 mile, which comes closer to mike leighs grim workingclass realism than. The film is semiautobiographical, based on events in eminems life prior to his fame. But its pretty hard to deny that someone, probably director curtis hanson, knew exactly what he was doing when he made 8 mile. During 20012004, the famous rap artiste released popular albums like the eminem show, and encore. All the ways 8 mile is radically different from eminems actual life. The makers of the film have left no stone unturned to promote the film and it has only managed to increase the value ofthe movie.
You see, while technically this movie isnt at all based on eminems life, it does. The movie is called 8 mile because it is where eminem grew up the section of the road that the movie is referring to its a big road and theres actually some nice parts of it is stricken with poverty and total societal breakdown. Marv won takes us behind one of the film s most famous deleted scenes. A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but. Eminem holds his own as a dramatic actor and despite being kind of quiet, drums up a lot of emotion in his scenes with the little girl lily. In 8 mile we saw how bunny rabbit got into the rapping gang and won the heart of millions of rap lovers. Its been almost two decades since eminem released his semiautobiographical movie, 8 mile, in 2002. Feb, 2018 eminem is a name that s associated with acts of depravity, highly offensive language, and enough gruesome descriptions of felonyworthy behavior to warrant a couple life sentences. The breakout pop star is about to blow up on the big screen. The film is set in 1995, and follows an aspiring young white rapper living in a trailer park on 8 mile road, just outside of detroit. This brings me to a point at which i will answer this question. We know that eminem is awesomely successful, but 8 mile avoids the ragstoriches route and shows rabbit moving from rags to slightly better rags. The film is loosely based on the controversial rappers salad days in the detroit urban underground, and fittingly, for the soundtrack, em attempts to.
He won the academy award for best original song, becoming the first rap artist ever to win the award. The true story behind the killing of eminems friend proof music. A young rapper, 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. This movie is finally coming out this summer, but is southpaw an 8 mile. Nov, 2014 this movie is not based on a true story, but is based on certain events that actually happened in eminems life. Asked in math and arithmetic, algebra, length and distance how many feet are in.
Shows how to stand up for yourself, you dont have to. Mekhi phifer nearly passed on the movie because he was asked to fly to. Gully boy, a movie based on the life of divine and naezy naved shaikh. If your not a eminem fan now, you will be after watching this movie.
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