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District 9

Additional authors: Jackson, Peter, -- 1961- -- presenter, -- film producer. | Blomkamp, Neill, -- 1979- -- film director, -- screenwriter. | Tatchell, Terri, -- screenwriter. | Cunningham, Carolynne, -- film producer. | Block, Bill, -- film producer. | Kamins, Ken, -- film producer. | Copley, Sharlto, -- 1973- -- actor. | Cope, Jason, -- actor. | James, David, -- 1972- -- actor. | Haywood, Vanessa, -- actor. | Gaduka, Mandla, -- actor. | Nkosi, Kenneth, -- actor. | Khumbanyiwa, Eugene, -- actor. | Minnaar, Louis, -- actor. | Young, William Allen, -- 1953- -- actor. | Opaloch, Trent, -- director of photography. | Ivey, Philip, -- 1969- -- production designer. | Clarke, Julian, -- 1977- -- film editor. | Shorter, Clinton, -- composer (expression) | Tri-Star Pictures, -- production company. | Block/Hanson (Firm), -- production company. | WingNut Films (Firm), -- production company. | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm), -- film distributor.
Edition statement:Widescreen. Published by : Tri-Star Pictures (Culver City, CA) Physical details: 1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. ISBN:1435932579; 9781435932579.
Subject(s): Human-alien encounters -- Drama. | Virus-vector relationships -- Drama. | DNA damage -- Drama. | Fathers and sons -- Drama. | Relocation (Housing) -- Drama. | Refugees -- Government policy -- Drama. | South Africa -- Drama. | DVD. | Feature films -- South Africa. | Feature films -- United States. | Action and adventure films. | Drama. | Fiction films. | Science fiction films. | Thrillers (Motion pictures) | Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Year: 2009
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2009.

Special features: Commentary with director/co-writer Neill Blomkamp [optional audio feature]; Deleted scenes (24 min.); "The alien agenda: A filmmaker's log" [featurette] (34 min.); Previews (17 min.).

Disc 1. Feature film -- Special features.

For private home use only.

Director of photography, Trent Opaloch ; production designer, Philip Ivey ; film editor, Julian Clarke ; music by Clinton Shorter.

Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Louis Minnaar, William Allen Young.

Back in the 1980s, a giant spacecraft stalled in the skies over Johannesburg. 1.8 million of the aliens that were aboard were rescued, and placed in a refugee camp--District 9. Over the next 20 years, District 9 became a teeming shantytown like so many others in the developing world. Although there is evidence that the extraterrestrials represent an advanced civilization, their lives on Earth are marked by squalor, dysfunction, and xenophobic hostility. Now, the mass eviction of the aliens is due to commence, overseen by the military/corporate entity MultiNational United. Middle manager Wikus Van De Merwe finds himself in charge, and cannot believe the good luck of his sudden promotion, until events spin out of control, and he realizes he is little more than a pawn in a horrific multinational/intergalactic experiment.

MPAA rating: Rated R; for bloody violence and pervasive language; CHV rating: 14A; gory scenes and extreme violence.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 surround ; anamorphic widescreen presentation, aspect ratio 1.85:1.

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, English SDH, or French; closed-captioned, with optional descriptive audio in English for the visually impaired.

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