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- BFI identifier757634
- Date2009 (Copyright)
- Production countryNew Zealand, USA, South Africa
- Production company
- SynopsisScience fiction. Refugee aliens living in slum conditions on Earth in an enclosed area in South Africa known as District 9, begin to fight back. When his DNA mutates after a strange virus, Wikus van de Merwe finds himself being hunted down as this change means he can access the superior technology of alien weaponry. The only place he can hide out is District 9. (Synopsis)
- Work historyBased on Neill Blomkamp's 2005 short 'Alive in Joburg' (qv).
- Genre
- Credits
- CastSharlto Copley (Wikus van de Merwe)
Jason Cope (Grey Bradnam, UKNR chief correspondent)
David James (Koobus Venter)
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Title
District 9 (Original)
District Nine (Help search)
Category
Fiction (Short film)- Collections
- ArticlesEmpire n247 January 2010 - Article, Filmography, InterviewSight and Sound v19 n10 October 2009 - Credits, Review, SynopsisVariety 3 Aug 2009 - Credits, Review, SynopsisAmerican Cinematographer v90 n9 September 2009 - Article, Interview, Prod. DetailsEmpire n241 July 2009 - Preview, Prod. Detailsview all
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- District 9
Work - 757634 - 2009 (Copyright)
New Zealand - Film - Fiction
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