Cinematic background from 8 Mile 2002 - For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

8 Mile

2002

Drama, Music

Directors:
Curtis Hanson
Writers:
Scott Silver
Official poster of 8 Mile 2002 directed by Curtis Hanson
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other in a building; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other on a street; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of young men standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people riding on a bus together; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman with blonde hair is walking down the street; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people in a dark room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of young men standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A crowd of people are gathered around a man singing into a microphone; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with long blonde hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man and a woman in front of an audience; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with dreadlocks wearing a green shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman with blonde hair and a black jacket is talking to a man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man holding a microphone up to his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman with red lipstick standing next to other people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man in a hat and glasses is smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with blonde hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A crowd of people are gathered in a dark room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man with glasses is looking at a woman; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people standing around a statue of a man; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other on a stage with microphones; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man and a woman standing next to each other in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man wearing safety glasses talking to another man; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two women sitting at a table in front of a brick wall; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A little girl laying in a bed with her head on a pillow; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man smoking a cigarette while looking into the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man is being interviewed in front of an audience; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man walking down a street in a dark city; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing around a building; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person looking at another person; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person wearing glasses and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person wearing a black t - shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people sitting in front of each other at night; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person talking to another person; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people standing in a dark room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two men standing next to each other in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man sitting on a train looking out of the window; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A little girl with blonde hair sitting in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man with a beard and a hat is standing next to another man with an umbrella; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man with a microphone in front of a crowd of onlookers; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man holding a gun while wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A couple of men standing next to each other on a street; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man in a green jacket standing in front of a brick wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man wearing a hat and glasses is listening to music; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man with dreadlocks is looking out of a car window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man holding a gun in front of another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people sitting in a dark room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two men standing next to each other on the sidewalk; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two people with one of them looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with dreadlocks; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man with his mouth wide open and his eyes wide open; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman sitting with her head resting on her hand; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman and a child sitting on a couch; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man sitting on the back of a truck; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person wearing a headband; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man and a woman are standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person's eyes and face; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Cars are parked in a parking lot at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man is singing into a microphone in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman with blonde hair is standing in a crowd of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people standing next to each other in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man sitting in the passenger seat of a car; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with a microphone in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A car parked on the side of the road in the rain; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person holding a video game controller in their hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two men standing next to each other in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of men standing next to each other in a dark room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A crowd of people watching a person sing; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person brushing his teeth; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person sitting on a bus with a hat on; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two men standing next to each other on a street; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man standing in front of a crowd of people; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two young men are facing each other in a crowd of onlookers; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man's face in the dark; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with a hat on; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people standing next to each other on the street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people sitting in a dark room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man standing next to a car on a street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman with blonde hair and a red shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A little girl smiling for the camera while sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – An older man wearing safety glasses in front of a machine; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A woman with a bandana around her head; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of people sitting in front of a microphone in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person wearing glasses and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A person with dreads wearing a green shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man is talking to another man in a hooded jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – Two men standing in front of an audience in a dark room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man holding a microphone in front of a group of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A man sitting on the steps of a house; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “8 Mile” (2002), directed by Curtis Hanson – A group of young men standing next to each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle