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Date: 2009 (Copyright)Countries: New Zealand, USA, South AfricaDirected by: Neill Blomkamp
Production company billing: ©2009. District 9 Ltd [Logo] TriStar [Logo] QED International Peter Jackson presents In association with Tristar Pictures and Block/Hanson A WingNut Films production [end] South African production services by Kalahari Pictures Produced with the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry South Africa. who does not accept any liability for the content and does not necessarily support such content Released by TriStar International sales: Kimberly Fox, Tatyana Joffe, QED International Author: District 9 Ltd Dolby Digital/SDDS/DTS In Colour Prints by DeLuxe Laboratories, Los Angeles and Park Road Post Production, Wellington [1.85:1] MPAA: 45478
Synopsis: Science 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.
Genre: Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 13 August 2009Country: AustraliaRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDS / DTS (sound)Runtime: 112 mins Dialogue (original): English
Title: Unsettling pedagogy: sifting the postcolonial midden heaps of Neill Blomkamp’s District 9Author: Brophy, GregoryArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analyses Neill Blomkamp's 'District 9' (2009) from a postcolonial studies perspective. Explores the concept of waste in relation to the film's aesthetics and production, as well as political issues such as the position of Nigerian migrants in South Africa.
In: Science fiction film and television v11 n1 Spring 2018 Pages: 45-72
Title: From cheap labour to surplus humanity: world-ecology and the postapartheid speculative in Neill Blomkamp's District 9Author: Duncan, RebeccaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: This article discusses the use of sf, gothic, and horror conventions in Neill Blomkamp’s film ‘District 9’ (2009). In particular it highlights the legacies of South African political economy, and world ecological thinking.
In: Empire n247 January 2010 Pages: 141-149
Title: Review of 2009Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Listing of every film theatrically released in the UK for 2009, plus a profiles of the personalities and films of the year, and Empire's own top ten favourite films of 2009.
In: Screen International vSpec. nAwards 12 Feb 2010 Page: 4
Title: Awards countdown: And then there were 10Author: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Profiles of the ten films in the best picture category of the 2010 Academy Awards.
In: Sight and Sound v19 n10 October 2009 Page: 57
Title: Reviews: District 9Author: WALTERS, Ben Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 3 Aug 2009 Page: 19,22
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: CHANG, Justin Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: American Cinematographer v90 n9 September 2009 Pages: 26,28,30-31
Title: Production slate: Aliens in South AfricaAuthor: HOLBEN, Jay Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Cinematographer Trent Opaloch discusses the technical and creative aspects of his work on DISTRICT 9 and his experience of filmming on location in South Africa.
In: Empire n241 July 2009 Pages: 30-31
Title: News etc.: District 9Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of political sci-fi thriller DISTRICT 9, with comments from the film's director Neill Blomkamp about the making of the film.
In: Screen Africa July 2009 Page: 10
Title: DISTRICT 9 coming to a cinema near youAuthor: VAN SCHALKWYK, Karen Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Neill Blomkamp talks about his film DISTRICT 9.
In: Cinefex n119 October 2009 Pages: 21-27,31-34
Title: Slumdog AliensAuthor: FORDHAM, Joe Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1699 21 Aug 2009 Page: 28
Title: Reviews: District 9Author: GRIERSON, Tim Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Fangoria n286 September 2009 Pages: 36-39,82
Title: A Visit to District 9Author: HELMS, Michael Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Neill Blomkamp talks about making DISTRICT 9 with comments from Greg Broadmore.
In: Deathray n21 Oct/Nov 2009 Pages: 86-87
Title: DarkStars: The Death Ray FiveAuthor: HALEY, Guy Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n244 October 2009 Pages: 50-52
Title: In cinemas: District 9Author: HEWITT, Chris Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n243 September 2009 Pages: 58-63
Title: There goes the neighbourhoodAuthor: DE SEMLYEN, Nick Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Reports on the production of DISTRICT 9 with comments from Peter Jackson and the film's director Neill Blomkamp.
In: Positif n584 October 2009 Page: 43
Title: Actualité: Les Films: District 9Author: CODELLI, Lorenzo Article type: ReviewLanguage: French
In: Empire n237 March 2009 Page: 29
Title: News etc.: What is District 9?Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of DISTRICT 9.
In: Film Quarterly v63 n2 Winter 2009/10 Pages: 8-9
Title: Marx and Coca-Cola - Allegory BombAuthor: CLOVER, Joshua Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of DISTRICT 9 together with The HURT LOCKER.
Author: Warwick, Harry Pages: ix, 202 pages
Title: Thanatourism and cinematic representations of risk: screening the end of tourism
Author: Tzanelli, Rodanthi Pages: xiii, 199 pages
Title: Red alert: Marxist approaches to science fiction cinema
Author: MAZIERSKA, Ewa Pages: vi, 263 pages
Description: The book also includes a chapter on 'Transfer' (Damir Lukacevic, 2010).
Title: Alien imaginations: science fiction and tales of transnationalism
Author: Küchler, Ulrike Pages: xvi, 249 pages
Title: Lonely Stardust: two plays, a speech, and eight essays
Author: Hairston, Andrea Pages: i, 337 pages
Description: Includes the plays Hummingbird Flying Backward and Lonely Stardust.
Title: Hollywood's Africa after 1994
Author: Higgins, Maryellen Pages: vi, 274 pages
Date: 2009 (Copyright)Countries: New Zealand, USA, South AfricaDirected by: Neill Blomkamp
Production company billing: ©2009. District 9 Ltd [Logo] TriStar [Logo] QED International Peter Jackson presents In association with Tristar Pictures and Block/Hanson A WingNut Films production [end] South African production services by Kalahari Pictures Produced with the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry South Africa. who does not accept any liability for the content and does not necessarily support such content Released by TriStar International sales: Kimberly Fox, Tatyana Joffe, QED International Author: District 9 Ltd Dolby Digital/SDDS/DTS In Colour Prints by DeLuxe Laboratories, Los Angeles and Park Road Post Production, Wellington [1.85:1] MPAA: 45478
Synopsis: Science 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.
Genre: Science Fiction
Releases
Date: 13 August 2009Country: AustraliaRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDS / DTS (sound)Runtime: 112 mins Dialogue (original): English
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(18)
In: Science fiction film and television v13 n2 Summer 2020 Pages: 199-222Title: Unsettling pedagogy: sifting the postcolonial midden heaps of Neill Blomkamp’s District 9Author: Brophy, GregoryArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Analyses Neill Blomkamp's 'District 9' (2009) from a postcolonial studies perspective. Explores the concept of waste in relation to the film's aesthetics and production, as well as political issues such as the position of Nigerian migrants in South Africa.
In: Science fiction film and television v11 n1 Spring 2018 Pages: 45-72
Title: From cheap labour to surplus humanity: world-ecology and the postapartheid speculative in Neill Blomkamp's District 9Author: Duncan, RebeccaArticle type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: This article discusses the use of sf, gothic, and horror conventions in Neill Blomkamp’s film ‘District 9’ (2009). In particular it highlights the legacies of South African political economy, and world ecological thinking.
In: Empire n247 January 2010 Pages: 141-149
Title: Review of 2009Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Listing of every film theatrically released in the UK for 2009, plus a profiles of the personalities and films of the year, and Empire's own top ten favourite films of 2009.
In: Screen International vSpec. nAwards 12 Feb 2010 Page: 4
Title: Awards countdown: And then there were 10Author: GOODRIDGE, Mike Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Profiles of the ten films in the best picture category of the 2010 Academy Awards.
In: Sight and Sound v19 n10 October 2009 Page: 57
Title: Reviews: District 9Author: WALTERS, Ben Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Variety 3 Aug 2009 Page: 19,22
Title: Film ReviewsAuthor: CHANG, Justin Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: American Cinematographer v90 n9 September 2009 Pages: 26,28,30-31
Title: Production slate: Aliens in South AfricaAuthor: HOLBEN, Jay Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Cinematographer Trent Opaloch discusses the technical and creative aspects of his work on DISTRICT 9 and his experience of filmming on location in South Africa.
In: Empire n241 July 2009 Pages: 30-31
Title: News etc.: District 9Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of political sci-fi thriller DISTRICT 9, with comments from the film's director Neill Blomkamp about the making of the film.
In: Screen Africa July 2009 Page: 10
Title: DISTRICT 9 coming to a cinema near youAuthor: VAN SCHALKWYK, Karen Article type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Neill Blomkamp talks about his film DISTRICT 9.
In: Cinefex n119 October 2009 Pages: 21-27,31-34
Title: Slumdog AliensAuthor: FORDHAM, Joe Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1699 21 Aug 2009 Page: 28
Title: Reviews: District 9Author: GRIERSON, Tim Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Fangoria n286 September 2009 Pages: 36-39,82
Title: A Visit to District 9Author: HELMS, Michael Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Neill Blomkamp talks about making DISTRICT 9 with comments from Greg Broadmore.
In: Deathray n21 Oct/Nov 2009 Pages: 86-87
Title: DarkStars: The Death Ray FiveAuthor: HALEY, Guy Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n244 October 2009 Pages: 50-52
Title: In cinemas: District 9Author: HEWITT, Chris Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
In: Empire n243 September 2009 Pages: 58-63
Title: There goes the neighbourhoodAuthor: DE SEMLYEN, Nick Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Reports on the production of DISTRICT 9 with comments from Peter Jackson and the film's director Neill Blomkamp.
In: Positif n584 October 2009 Page: 43
Title: Actualité: Les Films: District 9Author: CODELLI, Lorenzo Article type: ReviewLanguage: French
In: Empire n237 March 2009 Page: 29
Title: News etc.: What is District 9?Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: Preview of DISTRICT 9.
In: Film Quarterly v63 n2 Winter 2009/10 Pages: 8-9
Title: Marx and Coca-Cola - Allegory BombAuthor: CLOVER, Joshua Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: Review of DISTRICT 9 together with The HURT LOCKER.
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
Title: Dystopia and dispossession in the Hollywood science-fiction film, 1979-2017: the aesthetics of enclosureAuthor: Warwick, Harry Pages: ix, 202 pages
Title: Thanatourism and cinematic representations of risk: screening the end of tourism
Author: Tzanelli, Rodanthi Pages: xiii, 199 pages
Title: Red alert: Marxist approaches to science fiction cinema
Author: MAZIERSKA, Ewa Pages: vi, 263 pages
Description: The book also includes a chapter on 'Transfer' (Damir Lukacevic, 2010).
Title: Alien imaginations: science fiction and tales of transnationalism
Author: Küchler, Ulrike Pages: xvi, 249 pages
Title: Lonely Stardust: two plays, a speech, and eight essays
Author: Hairston, Andrea Pages: i, 337 pages
Description: Includes the plays Hummingbird Flying Backward and Lonely Stardust.
Title: Hollywood's Africa after 1994
Author: Higgins, Maryellen Pages: vi, 274 pages