Bodied
Sign in to saveBodied is a 2017 American battle rap comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Kahn, written by Alex Larsen and produced by Eminem, his manager Paul Rosenberg, and Adi Shankar. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Calum Worthy as Adam, a graduate student who becomes a competitive battle rapper after becoming immersed in the scene while working on his graduate thesis on the subject.
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7.2A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
Released: 2018-11-02120 minDir: Joseph KahnDrama, Comedy, Music
Cast
- Calum Worthy as Adam
- Jackie Long as Behn Grymm
- Rory Uphold as Maya
- Jonnie Park as Prospek
- Walter Perez as Che Corleone
- Shoniqua Shandai as Devine Write
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Key dates
- Published
- 2 November 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Joseph Kahn
- Cast member
- Adi Shankar
- Composer
- Melissa Reese
- Producer
- Adi Shankar
- Duration
- +121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 534082
- Distribution format
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Reception
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- See also
- References
- External links
Bodied is a 2017 American battle rap comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Kahn, written by Alex Larsen and produced by Eminem, his manager Paul Rosenberg, and Adi Shankar. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It stars Calum Worthy as Adam, a graduate student who becomes a competitive battle rapper after becoming immersed in the scene while working on his graduate thesis on the subject.
At the Toronto International Film Festival, the film won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness. It also won Fantastic Fest's 2017 Audience Award. In January 2018, YouTube Red announced it had acquired exclusive streaming rights, with a limited theatrical release beginning on November 2, 2018.