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|  - Released to rent 26 May 2003
- Released to buy 26 May 2003
- 115 min
After he is dumped by his girlfriend, Jimmy 'Rabbit' Smith, Jr. is forced to move in with his mum and little sister, Lily, in a trailer park on the poor side of the 8 Mile Road, Detroit. By day he holds down a badly-paid factory job, but by night he tries to make it as a white rapper in the predominately African-American community.
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8 Mile explores a week in the lives of a group of young people struggling to find their way in urban decay of 1995 Detroit. For people like Jimmy 'Rabbit' Smith, Jr. (Eminem) and his friends, hip-hop is the only thing standing between them and the void.Rabbit knows his ticket out is through his rhymes, but to succeed, he has to channel his anger into his lyrics, and face the showdown of his life.From Academy Award winning producer/director Chris Hanson (L.A. Confidential) and Academy Award winning producer Brian Grazer, '8 Mile' is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year.
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