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District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action film directed and co-written by Neill Blomkamp. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James, and was adapted from Blomkamp's 2005 short film Alive in Joburg. The film is partially presented in a mockumentary format by featuring fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras. It begins in an alternate 1982, when an alien spaceship appears over Johannesburg, South Africa. When a population of diseased and malnourished insectile and crustaceous aliens are discovered on the ship, the South African government confines the asylum seekers to an internment camp called District 9. The title and premise of District 9 were predominantly inspired by events in Cape Town's District Six, during the apartheid era. The film explores themes of humanity, racism, xenophobia, social segregation, and medical torture.
- Director
- Neill Blomkamp
- Writer
- Neill Blomkamp · Terri Tatchell
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- Release date
- 13 August 2009 · Released
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Country of origin
- South Africa, United States, New Zealand
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans
- Genres
- Action · Drama · Adventure · Thriller · Horror · Science Fiction · Independent · Dystopian · Cyberpunk · Mockumentary
- Also known as
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- 日本語
- 第9地区
- 한국어
- 디스트릭트 9
- Polski
- Dystrykt 9
- Português
- Distrito 9
- Themes
- flying saucer ↗
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