Release Date: 3/18/2003 Original Release: 2002 Format: DVD Length: 111 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: strong language, sexuality, some violence, and drug use UPC: 025192198120 Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
8 Mile Widescreen; Uncensored Bonus Materials DVD Description
Controversial rapper Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) makes his big screen debut with 8 MILE, a bracing drama directed by the increasingly audacious Curtis Hanson. Set in 1995 in the bleak, urban battle zone of Detroit, the film follows the struggles of a young man who is desperate to make a better life for himself. Jimmy Smith, Jr., better known as Rabbit, is destined for a life of squalor. Living in a cramped trailer with his deadbeat mom (Kim Basinger), Rabbit works in a factory to make ends meet. His only outlet is hip-hop. Possessing a talent for freestyle rapping, Rabbit still hasn't managed to unleash his true potential. But his best friend, Future (Mekhi Phifer), is determined to make that happen. Future forces Rabbit to enter a freestyle battle that he blew the week before, giving him another chance at redemption. Hanson's stellar portrait of lower-class urban disillusionment, shot with uncompromisingly gritty realism by Rodrigo Prieto, proves that the issue is no longer about race, it's about money. Eminem delivers a bold performance as the troubled youngster who is still trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Unedited Unrated Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 Letterbox - 2.35 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French Dolby Digital DTS Surround 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - English, Spanish Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes: "Eminem Rap Battles" Music Video: Eminem - "Superman" Making Of: THE MAKING OF 8 MILE Featurette: THE MUSIC OF 8 MILE Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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