District 9 / Peter Jackson presents in association with TriStar Pictures and Block/Hanson ; a Wingnut Films production ; a film by Neill Blomkamp ; directed by Neill Blomkamp ; written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell ; produced by Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham ; executive producers, Bill Block, Ken Kamins.

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Tri-Star Pictures (Production company)
Block/Hanson (Firm) (Production company)
WingNut Films (Firm) (Production company)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other 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 (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))
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
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.
Published: Culver City, CA : Tri-Star Pictures
Edition:Widescreen.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
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.
Refugiados > Política gubernamental > Sudáfrica > Teatro.
Relocalización (Vivienda) > Sudáfrica > Teatro.
Refugees > Government policy > South Africa > Drama.
Encuentros humano-extraterrestre > Sudáfrica > Teatro.
DNA damage.
Fathers and sons.
Human-alien encounters.
Refugees > Government policy.
Relocation (Housing)
Virus-vector relationships.
South Africa.
Drama.
Science fiction films.
Action and adventure films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films > South Africa.
Feature films > United States.
Genre:
Drama.
Teatro.
Science fiction films.
Action and adventure films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 112 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
District nine.
Format: Video DVD

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