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TriStar Pictures. District 9 is a science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. Copley plays the role of Wikus van de Merwe, [3] an Afrikaner bureaucrat assigned to relocate a race of extraterrestrial creatures unexpectedly stranded on Earth, referred to as " prawns ", from District 9, a military-guarded slum in Johannesburg , South Africa , to an internment camp outside the city. The story, adapted from Alive in Joburg , a short film directed by Blomkamp and produced by Sharlto Copley and Simon Hansen , pivots on the themes of xenophobia and social segregation. The title and premise of District 9 were inspired by events that took place in District Six, Cape Town during the apartheid era. A viral marketing campaign began in , at the San Diego Comic-Con , while the theatrical trailer appeared in July Many saw the film as a sleeper hit for its relatively unknown cast and modest-budget production, while achieving success and popularity during its theatrical run.

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District 9 is a science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell , and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film is partially presented in a found footage format by featuring fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras. The story, which explores themes of humanity , xenophobia and social segregation , begins in an alternate , when an alien spaceship appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. When a population of sick and malnourished insectoid aliens is 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 named Christopher Johnson, who is about to try to escape from Earth with his son and return home, crosses paths with a bureaucrat named Wikus van de Merwe leading the relocation. The title and premise of District 9 were inspired by events in Cape Town 's District Six , during the apartheid era. A viral marketing campaign for the film began in at San Diego Comic-Con , while the theatrical trailer debuted in July In , a giant extraterrestrial spaceship arrives and hovers over the South African city of Johannesburg. An investigation team finds over a million malnourished aliens inside, and the South African government relocates them to a camp called District 9. However, over the years, it turns into a slum, and locals often complain that the aliens—derogatorily called " prawns "—are filthy, ignorant lawbreakers who bleed resources from humans. Following unrest between the aliens and locals, the government hires Multinational United MNU , a giant weapons manufacturer, to relocate the aliens to a new camp outside the city. Meanwhile, three aliens, Christopher Johnson, his young son CJ, and his friend Paul, search a District 9 garbage dump for alien fuel in Prawn technology, which Christopher has had them spend the last twenty years synthesizing enough of to enact his plan. They finally finish in Paul's shack as the relocation begins, but when Wikus comes to the shack to serve Paul a notice, he finds the hidden container with the fuel and accidentally sprays some of it in his face while confiscating it.

Sony Computer Entertainment. Themes of racism and xenophobia are put forward by the movie in the form of speciesism applied to the aliens. Peter Jackson Carolynne Cunningham.

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District 9 is a science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell , and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film is partially presented in a found footage format by featuring fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras. The story, which explores themes of humanity , xenophobia and social segregation , begins in an alternate , when an alien spaceship appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. When a population of sick and malnourished insectoid aliens is 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 named Christopher Johnson, who is about to try to escape from Earth with his son and return home, crosses paths with a bureaucrat named Wikus van de Merwe leading the relocation. The title and premise of District 9 were inspired by events in Cape Town 's District Six , during the apartheid era. A viral marketing campaign for the film began in at San Diego Comic-Con , while the theatrical trailer debuted in July In , a giant extraterrestrial spaceship arrives and hovers over the South African city of Johannesburg. An investigation team finds over a million malnourished aliens inside, and the South African government relocates them to a camp called District 9.

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District 9 's ending brings a story of class inequality to a heartbreaking and explosive conclusion. Decades of unrest due to an alien encounter is solved, even if it's just temporary. Here's a breakdown of everything that happens in District 9 's ending. In , a spaceship arrives out of the blue in Johannesburg, South Africa. A million aliens, cruelly nicknamed Prawns by locals, emerge from the ship. The aliens are moved to a camp called District 9 and it eventually becomes something of an alien slum. Human locals grow increasingly unhappy with the camp, calling the alien residents filthy and lawbreakers.

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The aliens in District 9 were designed by Weta Workshop , and the design was executed by Image Engine. Plex media key. He suggests two possible explanations for Blomkamp's narrative choice: first, that it is meant to reflect anti-foreigner sentiment within South Africa, or second, that it simply represents an oversight on Blomkamp's part. First Showing, LLC. Archived from the original on 19 June Tallest buildings. The San Francisco Chronicle. District 9 is a science fiction thriller movie directed by Neill Blomkamp. Retrieved 17 September Retrieved 30 October

District 9 is a science fiction action film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell , and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham.

Another is used by a mercenary during the shootout at MNU headquarters. Wikus van der Merwe. The Guardian. Nicholas argues that a white saviour "disempowers the film's allegory to apartheid that comments on the corruption of the South African government" as well as the discrimination black South Africans dealt with during and post-apartheid. Archived from the original on 16 September Category Johannesburg. Siamzone film ID. Library of Congress authority ID. The alien settlement depicted in the film was actually shot in an African slum, lending a gritty realism to the setting. Troyeville Baptist Church. Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. This was a challenge for Shorter, who found much of the South African music he worked with to be optimistic and joyful. Archived from the original on 21 August The music for District 9 was scored by Canadian composer Clinton Shorter, who spent three weeks preparing for the film. Retrieved 18 February