District 9
(District 9)
Synopsis
28 ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's "District 9" as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare – they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.
The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable – he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: "District 9."
A movie directed by Neill Blomkamp
2009 - 112 minutes - Color - Dolby Digital - 1.85
Main Cast
- Wikus Van De Merwe
- Grey Bradnam - UKNR Chief Correspondent / Christopher Johnson
- Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist
- Dr Katrina McKenzie
- Interviewee
- Les Feldman - MIL Engineer
- Dirk Michaels
- Interviewer
- Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team
- Interviewee
- Interviewee
- Interviewee
- Interviewee
- James Hope - Police Officer
- Piet Smit
Production
- TriStar Pictures
- Block / Hanson
- WingNut Films
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)
- Covert Media
- The Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa
- District 9
- Key Creatives
- Majority Entertainment
- New Zealand Post Digital and Visual Effects Grant
- Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit
- QED International
Distributors
- TriStar Pictures (Usa)
- Sony Pictures Releasing (Usa)
- Sony Pictures Releasing Canada (Canada)
Box-office
Budget
$30 000 000
Worldwide Box-office
$215 196 000
Also Known As
- 9-cu Rayon (inc)
- District Nine (inc)
Release dates
- August 14, 2009
- August 13, 2009
- September 04, 2009
- August 14, 2009
- August 28, 2009
More release dates…
- August 13, 2009
- August 14, 2009
- August 13, 2009
- September 04, 2009
- August 14, 2009
- August 28, 2009