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Over twenty years 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 (Sharlto Copley), 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.
Original Release
08/13/2009
US Release
08/14/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Sharlto Copley | Wikus Van De Merwe / Wikus van der Merwe |
Jason Cope | Christopher Johnson / Grey Bradnam - UKNR Chief Correspondent / Grey Bradnam / Trent |
Nathalie Boltt | Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist |
Sylvaine Strike | Dr Katrina McKenzie |
Elizabeth Mkandawie | Interviewee |
John Sumner | Les Feldman - MIL Engineer |
William Allen Young | Dirk Michaels |
Greg Melvill-Smith | Interviewer |
Nick Blake | Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team |
Morena Busa Sesatsa | Interviewee |
Directors
Writers
Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Sharlto Copley | Wikus Van De Merwe / Wikus van der Merwe |
Jason Cope | Christopher Johnson / Grey Bradnam - UKNR Chief Correspondent / Grey Bradnam / Trent |
Nathalie Boltt | Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist |
Sylvaine Strike | Dr Katrina McKenzie |
Elizabeth Mkandawie | Interviewee |
John Sumner | Les Feldman - MIL Engineer |
William Allen Young | Dirk Michaels |
Greg Melvill-Smith | Interviewer |
Nick Blake | Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team |
Morena Busa Sesatsa | Interviewee |
Themba Nkosi | Interviewee |
Mzwandile Nqoba | Interviewee |
Barry Strydom | Interviewee |
Jed Brophy | James Hope - Police Officer |
Louis Minnaar | Piet Smit |
Vanessa Haywood | Tania Van De Merwe |
Marian Hooman | Sandra Van De Merwe |
Vittorio Leonardi | Michael Bloemstein - MNU Alien Civil Affairs |
Mandla Gaduka | Fundiswa Mhlanga |
Johan van Schoor | Nicolas Van De Merwe |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bill Block | Executive Producer |
Mark Brooke | Executive Producer |
Elliot Ferwerda | Executive Producer |
Paul Hanson | Executive Producer |
Ken Kamins | Executive Producer |
Philippa Boyens | Producer |
Carolynne Cunningham | Producer |
Trishia Downie | Producer |
Peter Jackson | Producer |
Michael S. Murphey | Producer |
Mpho Gift Twala | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
Clips
Other Videos
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2010 | Oscar | Best Motion Picture of the Year | Nominated |
2010 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |
2010 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Film Editing | Nominated |
2010 | Oscar | Best Achievement in Visual Effects | Nominated |
2010 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |