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8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film co-produced and directed by Curtis Hanson from a script written by Scott Silver. It stars Eminem in his film debut, alongside Mekhi Phifer , Brittany Murphy , Michael Shannon , Kim Basinger and Anthony Mackie , the latter also in his film debut .
M-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road.The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places.
Several counties in the state of Michigan use a Mile Road System to name different roads and streets. The most commonly known system is that of Detroit, including 8 Mile Road, the dividing line between Detroit and its northern suburbs as well as Wayne County and Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties.
The clean version of the 8 Mile soundtrack removes most of the strong language, sexual and violent content. The only word left uncensored on the soundtrack, is the word "ass" (except on "Places to Go" by 50 Cent, where the word "ass" is used twice, but the word was only censored once).
In 8 Mile, the film loosely based on Eminem’s own life, Breedlove’s character Lotto takes on the rapper’s character, named Jimmy, in a rap battle. Lotto is a member of the rap group The Free ...
“Hit 8 Mile Road!” Young said, addressing criminals in Detroit. The mayor, who died in 1997, long maintained he was ordering lawbreakers to get out of town. But many suburbanites reacted with ...
While the roads are almost precisely aligned with cardinal directions, there are slight discrepancies—for example, the eastern terminus of 8 Mile Road in St. Clair Shores is at 42.45°N, whereas its western terminus (45 miles [72 km] away in Whitmore Lake) is 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) south, at 42.42°N.
The Detroit Eight Mile Wall, also referred to as Detroit's Wailing Wall, Berlin Wall or The Birwood Wall, is a one-foot-thick (0.30 m), six-foot-high (1.8 m) separation wall that stretches about 1 ⁄ 2 mile (0.80 km) in length. 1 foot (0.30 m) is buried in the ground and the remaining 5 feet (1.5 m) is visible to the community.