District 9

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Director

Neill Blomkamp

Cast

Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van De Merwe

Jason Cope as Grey Bradnam

David James as Koobus Venter

Vanessa Haywood as Tania Van De Merwe

Mandla Gaduka as Fundiswa Mhlanga

Kenneth Nkosi as Thomas

Eugene Khumbanyiwa as Obesandjo

Louis Minaar as Piet Smit

William Allen Young as Dirk Michaels

Marian Hooman as Sandra Van De Merwe

Vittorio Leonardi as Michael Bloemstein

Tim Gordon as Clive Henderson

Writers

Neill Blomkamp (written by)

Terri Tatchell (written by)


Summary

In an alternate 1982, an alien spaceship appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. When a population of sick and malnourished insectoid aliens are discovered on the ship, the South African government confines them to an internment camp called District 9. Twenty years later during the government's relocation of the aliens to another camp, one of the confined aliens is about to try to escape from Earth with his son and return home.
In an alternate 1982, an alien spaceship appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. When a population of sick and malnourished insectoid aliens are discovered on the ship, the South African government confines them to an internment camp called District 9. Twenty years later during the government's relocation of the aliens to another camp, one of the confined aliens is about to try to escape from Earth with his son and return home.

Genre

Sci-Fi, Thriller

Released

August 14, 2009

Runtime

1hr 52min

MPAA

R, for bloody violence and pervasive language

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