Overview
Awards
- Best Independent Film
- 2009
- Best Picture
- 2009
- Best Art Direction in a Fantasy Film
- 2009
- Best Picture
- 2009
- Best Picture
- 2009
Cast & Crew
- Cast Members
- Sharlto Copley Wikus van der Merwe
- Jason Cope Grey Bradnam/UKNR Chief Correspondent
- David James Koobus Venter
- Vanessa Haywood Tania Van de Merwe
- Mandla Gaduka Fundiswa Mhlanga
- Kenneth Nkosi Thomas
- Eugene Khumbanyiwa Obesandjo
- Louis Minnaar Piet Smit
- William Allen Young Dirk Michaels
- Nathalie Boltt Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist
- Sylvaine Strike Dr. Katrina McKenzie
- Elizabeth Mkandawie Interviewee
- John Sumner Les Feldman - MIL Engineer
- Greg Melvill-Smith Interviewer
- Nick Blake Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team
- Crew
- Neill Blomkamp Director
- Peter Jackson Producer
- Carolynne Cunningham Producer
- Neill Blomkamp Screenwriter
- Terri Tatchell Screenwriter
- Trent Opaloch Cinematographer
- Clinton Shorter Composer (Music Score)
- Michelle Belcher Musical Direction/Supervision
- Julian Clarke Editor
- Philip Ivey Production Designer
- Emelia Weavind Art Director
- Mike Berg Art Director
- Philippa Boyens Co-producer
- Ken Kamins Executive Producer
- Bill Block Executive Producer
- Paul Hanson Executive Producer
- Elliot Ferwerda Executive Producer
Synopsis
Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 as politicians and world leaders debated how to handle the situation. As the humans begin to grow wary of the unwelcome intruders, a private company called Multi-National United (MNU) is assigned the task of controlling the aliens. But MNU is less interested in the aliens' welfare than attempting to understand how their weaponry works. Should they manage to make that breakthrough, they will receive tremendous profits to fund their research. Unfortunately, the highly advanced weaponry requires alien DNA in order to be activated. When MNU field operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is exposed to biotechnology that causes his DNA to mutate, the tensions between the aliens and the humans intensifies. Wikus is the key to unlocking the alien's technology, and he quickly becomes the most wanted man on the planet. Ostracized and isolated, Wikus retreats to District 9 in a desperate bid to shake his dogged pursuers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide