8 mile (film)
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| German title | 8 mile |
| Original title | 8 mile |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Curtis Hanson |
| script | Scott Silver |
| production |
Carol Fenelon , Brian Grazer |
| music | Eminem |
| camera | Rodrigo Prieto |
| cut |
Craig Kitson , Jay Rabinowitz |
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8 Mile , also known as 8 Mile - Every moment is a new opportunity , is an American , Oscar -prämierter feature film from the year 2002 . It was directed by Curtis Hanson . In the lead role, the rapper Eminem plays the young rapper Jimmy Smith Jr. aka "Rabbit" in his first movie role.
Movie title
Eight Mile Road is a street that separates the 80% black automotive city of Detroit from the 80% white suburbs to the north of the city. The protagonist Rabbit, one of the few whites in the black district, is asked several times in the film to return to the other side of Eight Mile Road . The term 8 mile has become a synonym for social and cultural barriers that are difficult to overcome.
action
In 1995, 23-year-old Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. ( Eminem ) lived in suburban hell of Detroit . The only way to break out of boredom and violence from dreary everyday life is to realize yourself in hip-hop . He founded the crew "Three One Three" with a few friends . Mocked as a white hobby rapper within a “black” subculture, he has only one goal: to win the battle rap in the club of his friend Future ( Mekhi Phifer ). He embarrassed himself on the first attempt, because he almost had no words. After separating from his girlfriend, he also moves back into the trailer of his alcoholic and unemployed mother ( Kim Basinger ), along with her violent boyfriend Greg ( Michael Shannon ) and Rabbit's little sister. Although his friends recognize his talent, he is plagued by self-doubt and frustration. Instead of saving money on a demo tape, he neglects his job as a metal press in a factory. It wasn't until he met the attractive, but untied Alex ( Brittany Murphy ) that his life seemed to be more orderly again. Fights with Greg and the rival rap crew "Leaders of the Free World" throw him back. After a failed opportunity to record in the recording studio through his shady friend Wink ( Eugene Byrd ), Rabbit begins to take responsibility. In another rap battle, he can beat the "Leaders of the Free World" for their leader Papa Doc ( Anthony Mackie ). It is not only his talent that helps him here, but also his unconventional manner for battle rap, with the relentless disclosure of his own failure to draw the audience on his side. Instead of celebrating the victory with his friends afterwards, he returns to his extra shift in the factory - to realize his dream of a record deal on his own.
Related to Eminem
The parallels to Eminem's own biography are obvious, but the extent to which the film can be considered autobiographical was disputed among the reviewers and in the music press. Eminem himself emphasized that the plot played after his story, it was about his rise to the "rap star".
Eminem's longtime friend Proof also starred as Lil 'Tic in the film. This is also alluded to in the rap battle between B-Rabbit and Lil 'Tic, in which Lil' Tic says "I'll punish Rabbit or obsolete Future", whereby he rather swallows the "I'll". Also P (unish) R (abbit) O (r) O (bsolete) F (uture) = Proof.
Reviews
“8 Mile is really not what you expect, or what I expected from this film. It is not the life story of the rapper Eminem, but only a short excerpt from the life of a young man, in which his origins and first steps as a rapper are shown. […] In my opinion, the mood of the film in the fights can be compared more with Rocky than with other films, which obviously deal with the topic of 'rap' and the original context of this music. [...] A good film, not only for Eminem fans, but also for his opponents, or maybe even for them? "
“ In 8 Mile, Curtis Hanson does not preach over and over again chewed ideology-laden individualism à la 'Everyone can if he only wants to'. He's not preaching individual advancement, although Eminem may in some way represent it. It largely documents a world, in sympathy with it, that seems closed to us and yet belongs to this one world. It is not a product of 'others' with whom we have nothing to do. It did not fall from heaven or rise from hell, as some ideologues of the ascended part of the United States would have us believe. That's where I see the merit of this film. The fact that Hanson made compromises and had to make compromises at the same time can be criticized. But who can fight Hollywood? "
“'Yeah, now the next musician is starting to think he can act!' Something like that was my thoughts when I found out that Eminem was also trying to play the leading role in a film. But that changed quickly when I first saw the trailer, because it didn't look bad, and the fact that LA Confidential director Curtis Hanson is directing it gave me a little hope. Rightly so, because 8 Mile is not just a pseudo commercial for rapper Eminem, but a really good drama. The story is known from other films, but what makes the film here are the extremely successful characters and the way the whole thing was staged! "
“What I really liked is the fact that 8 Mile is not a pure rap film. Primarily the life of Jimmy is told here, in which music plays a very important role. Nevertheless, the film gives an impression of the roots of hip hop, the lives of people for whom rap is most important. You get an idea and a touch of understanding of what is really behind all of 'mother fucking': z. B. a way to deal with anger and aggression. Curtis Hanson's efforts to achieve authenticity seem to have been successful. How close this film really comes to reality can only be judged by people who really grew up in such suburbs. "
“Rabbit alias Eminem [tries] with the help of the new rap subculture to work out what the earlier subculture of the hippies had suspected: a regular income, pride in oneself, reputation and recognition in society and a family. Rabbit is portrayed in the film 8 Mile as a tough young man who does not take drugs, but gets his kind of high with his bare voice and body in order to finally be able to exist in the reality of life instead of the dreariness to have to flee from boredom and violence. "
“It's wonderful that 8 Mile doesn't fall into standards and leaves the viewer with a run-of-the-mill happy ending. The hero does not fail, but neither does he achieve a fame in large numbers, he takes something for himself all by himself ... something that he was looking for from the start. The catharsis has been completed, the path mapped out - only Rabbit knows what will become of it! "
Voice actor
The German synchronization was based on a dialogue book by Oliver Rohrbeck under his dialogue direction on behalf of Berliner Synchron in Berlin .
| figure | Original speaker | German speaker |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith | Eminem | Julien Haggége |
| Alex | Brittany Murphy | Ghadah Al-Akel |
| Stephanie Smith | Kim Basinger | Evelyn Marron |
| Big "O" | Waverly W. Alford II | Tobias Master |
| Cheddar Bob | Evan Jones | Dennis Schmidt-Foss |
| Clarence "Papa Doc" | Anthony Mackie | David Nathan |
| David "Future" Porter | Mekhi Phifer | Charles Rettinghaus |
| DJ Iz | De'Angelo Wilson | Rainer Fritzsche |
| Greg Buehl | Michael Shannon | Tom Vogt |
| Janeane | Taryn Manning | Ilona Brokowski |
| Lil 'tic | Proof | Original sound |
| Lily Smith | Chloe Greenfield | Selma Sarstedt |
| Manny | Paul Bates (I) | Tom Deininger |
| Sol George | Omar Benson Miller | Olaf Reichmann |
| Wink | Eugene Byrd | Dietmar miracle |
| Mike | Xzibit | Original sound |
Soundtrack
Awards
- 2003: Oscar for the best "Original Song" with " Lose Yourself " by Eminem , Luis Resto and Jeff Bass
- 2003: BFCA Award for the song "Lose Yourself" from the Broadcast Film Critics Association
- 2004: ASCAP Award as the most played song from a feature film (soundtrack is part of it)
- The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
Web links
- 8 Mile in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- 8 Mile atrotten tomatoes(English)
- Materials for 8 Mile
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Approval certificate for 8 mile . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2003 (PDF; test number: 92 217 V / DVD).
- ↑ Age rating for 8 mile . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ 8 Mile (2002) - Release dates . Imdb.de. May 1, 2009. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ↑ Alexander "Heinz" Jachmann: 8 mile . zelluloid.de. January 19, 2003. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved on September 28, 2018.
- ↑ Ulrich Behrens: 8 Mile . filmzentrale.com. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ^ Daniel Licha: 8 Mile . filmfacts.de. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ↑ Anne "Amestera" Meyers: 8 Mile . MovieGod.de. December 27, 2002. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
- ↑ Johannes Seibel: Flower power is long gone . In: Die Tagespost , die-tagespost.de, August 9, 2007. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved on June 27, 2010.
- ↑ 8 Mile (2002) . insidemovie.de. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on July 10, 2010. Retrieved on June 27, 2010.
- ↑ a b 8 mile. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on September 29, 2012 .