who plays jimmy's mom in 8 mile
Kim Basinger
title: 8 Mile (film) text: 8 Mile (film) 8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, and Kim Basinger. The film is based loosely on Eminem's actual upbringing, and follows white rapper B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in a genre dominated by African-Americans. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, the highway between the predominantly black city of Detroit and Wayne County and the predominantly White Oakland County and Macomb County suburbs. It was filmed mostly on location. "8 Mile" was a critical title: 8 Mile (film) text: not present at the ceremony, but musician Luis Resto accepted the award. The film has been nominated for 32 awards, winning 11. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 8 Mile (film) 8 Mile is a 2002 American drama film written by Scott Silver, directed by Curtis Hanson, and starring Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Michael Shannon, and Kim Basinger. The film is based loosely on Eminem's actual upbringing, and follows white rapper B-Rabbit (Eminem) and his attempt to launch a career in a genre dominated by African-Americans. The title is derived from 8 Mile Road, title: 8 Mile (film) text: and commercial success. Eminem won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Lose Yourself". In 1995 Detroit, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. is a young, unhappy blue-collar worker from a poor family. He has moved back north of 8 Mile Road to the run-down trailer home in Warren, Michigan of his alcoholic mother Stephanie, his little sister Lily, and Stephanie's abusive live-in boyfriend Greg. Although encouraged by his friends, Jimmy worries about his potential as a rapper. He falters during a rap battle one night at a local venue, the Shelter, and he leaves the stage humiliated. Jimmy works at title: Kim Basinger text: attractive and even glamorous to play [Eminem]'s mother, but [...] Her performance finds the right note somewhere between love and exasperation; it cannot be easy to live with this sullen malcontent, whose face lights up only when he sees his baby sister". "8 Mile" was a commercial success, grossing US242.9 million worldwide. Basinger starred as the wife of a children's book author, with Jeff Bridges and Jon Foster, in "The Door in the Floor" (2004), a drama with heavy sexual themes adapted from the novel "A Widow for One Year" by John Irving. The film found a limited audience in title: Kim Basinger text: "UrbanCinefile" that she "cried for hours" when she had to leave Kenya, where filming took place. Budgeted at US$50 million, "I Dreamed of Africa" got a 10 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and only managed to pull in US$14 million at the worldwide box office. Curtis Hanson cast her again, this time as the alcoholic mother of an aspiring rapper, in "8 Mile" (2002), opposite Eminem and Brittany Murphy. The film appeared on many top ten lists of the year, and in his review, Roger Ebert asserted: "There has been criticism of Kim Basinger, who is said to be too