Talk:8 Mile (film)

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Since 8 Mile was written by Scott Silver and directed by Curtis Hanson, how can it be semiautobiographical? -- Zoe

"Debate about biographical nature" seems a little amateurish.

Contents 1 RE: Semi-Autobiographal 2 Oscar 3 Redirection 4 does this make sense? 5 Song 6 What fanboy wrote this? 7 little idea that might help

[edit] RE: Semi-Autobiographal

Maybe, they interviewed Eminem before making it.

Or, maybe, it was influenced by his songs. His songs, if based on fact, are semi-autobiograph- al, too.

                        C2 aaron 16:32, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Oscar

Didn't this movie get an oscar for the song? Probably mentionable. Hamedog 01:09, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Redirection

should 8 mile be different from 8 Mile in terms of where it redirects? Mistakenly I removed the redirects from tag earlier due to this issue of capitalization. Khromatikos 21:41, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] does this make sense?

Rabbit's best friend "Future" is the MC of this event and is played by Mekhi Phifer, whose vast and varied range encompassed playing Mekhi Phifer in a variety of roles.

did he play himself in the movie....? i don't remember this. and the sentence is pretty confusing and redundant

Yeah, I don't really uh .. Get it .. From the sounds of it, it's saying Mekhi Phifer played several different roles in the movie, though I'm pretty sure he only played Future .. Anyone want to fix this to something coherent? Mattfish 16:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song

May not be relevant, but is the song in the opening worth mentioning? You know, where Jimmy is in the bathroom before he throws up, trying to prepare for the battle. I think it's also either the beat to his last Rap Battle, or the one right before it. Mattfish 00:03, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

yes it is, its by Mobb Deep "Shook Ones Pt. II". Needless to say it played a huge role in Detroit hip hop. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.165.98 (talk) 23:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What fanboy wrote this?

As quoted on the 8 mile page:

"....lives with both parents who have a real good marriage which is usually very unfit in a hardcore environment like the 313, where you're supposed to be someone from "the streets".

To whomever wrote the above: Word homey, they grammar and they neutral point of view don't mean shit, 'specially not on wikipedia dawg. Peace out —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 58.168.240.245 (talk • contribs).

[edit] little idea that might help

just wondering maybe someone could like put on a little section for stupid people where it explains the disses in the rap battle at the end cuz like if you watch it on YouTube on something without the movie it gets pretty tough to figure out. I know it sounds stupid but hey, who gives a shit?Tictac47 22:13, 8 October 2007 (UTC)