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When Eminem lived in Detroit, he first started performing at Shelter, a Detroit club located in the basement of St. Andrews Hall. Scenes that take place at Shelter were filmed in an empty warehouse because the actual club looked too nice.
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Future is based almost entirely on Eminem's best friend Proof, from hosting the battles to the story of how he got his name. Proof also plays Lil' Tic, the rapper B-Rabbit faces in the first battle. Proof manages to sneak his name as an acronym when he raps, "I'll (P)unish (R)abbit (O)r (O)bsolete (F)uture."
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Papa Doc (Anthony Mackie) is taunted by Jimmy for being unlike Tupac Shakur, whom Mackie later played in Notorious.
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The title is a reference to 8 Mile Road, which separates Detroit from seven northern suburbs. Eminem grew up near 8 Mile Road and filmed parts of his "The Way I Am" video there.
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The film's release date was pushed back from July 8, 2002, to November 8, 2002.
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The sheet of paper that Jimmy writes on on the bus is the real sheet that Eminem wrote "Lose Yourself" on. The sheet of paper sold for $10,000 on an eBay auction.
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Ali Miyzaan, an extra, was shot outside a Detroit theater on the film's opening night.
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The group 313 is a reference to Detroit's area code, 313. Certain people are called "eight tens" because the suburbs on the other side of 8 Mile Rd. had the area code 810 in 1995.
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Detroit's Penobscot Building was used for exterior shots of the WJLB scenes. Interior scenes were filmed in the Book Building.
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The cans in which prints of the movie were transported to theaters were labeled "Mars Project".
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The first film to have a rap/hip-hop song win an Academy Award.
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Quentin Tarantino, Alan Parker, Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry were all considered to direct. Tarantino reluctantly declined as he was in the middle of production for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2.
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In the last battle against Papa Doc, B-Rabbit says, "he's shook 'cause ain't such thing as halfway crooks." This is a reference to the instrumental playing in the background, from the rap duo Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Pt. II". The chorus is "There ain't no such thing as half-way crooks, scared to death, they scared to look, they shook" The same song played in the opening scene, when Jimmy is practicing in the bathroom.
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The DVD made $40 million on its first day of release, a record at the time for an R-rated film.
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Gary Sinise was the original choice to play Greg.
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Eminem's character walks from a real trailer park a block off of 8 Mile to the real 8 Mile road, and boards a bus.
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During filming, Eminem wrote in a notebook between takes. It was his only chance to compose the film's soundtrack.
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The rap battle scenes took days to film, and the 300 extras were starting to get bored. Curtis Hanson started an improv freestyle rap battle among them, and the three best rappers would be filmed going head to head with Eminem. Each of the 134 volunteers got 15 seconds in front of the judiciary panel. Ultimately, the jury chose 4 rappers, who got a one-shot one-take-only scene with Eminem, who wanted to mime his responses to save his voice for the scripted scenes. Eminem couldn't resist the challenge by staying silent, especially with the crowd taunting him, and took on his opponents.
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Curtis Hanson asked Eminem to dye his hair back to his natural colour so that the audience would relate him to as Jimmy Rabbit, instead of his Eminem persona.
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Eminem lost 24 pounds for the role.
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In the final battle, B-Rabbit says that Papa Doc went to Cranbrook, an exclusive private school outside Detroit, with its own on-site science museum and planetarium.
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The films poster shows B-Rabbit writing on his hand. The words are the opening lyrics of the film's signature song "Lose Yourself".
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Actor "Michael Shannon (V)" (who plays Greg, Rabbit's mom's boyfriend) is actually almost 2 years younger than "Eminem".
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Sara Stokes:  a crowd extra in the final rap battle scenes.
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