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More than 20 years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare - they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA. The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe, contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable -- he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.

Production
TriStar Pictures (in association with); Block / Hanson (in association with); WingNut Films [nz](as A Wingnut Films Production); Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) [ca](with the participation of); District 9 [nz]; Key Creatives (uncredited); New Zealand Post Digital and Visual Effects Grant [nz](with the participation of); Province of British Columbia Production Services Tax Credit [ca](with the participation of); QED International (uncredited); The Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa [za](produced with the assistance of);

Cast Names
Trevor Coppola; Sharlto Copley; Jason Cope; Nathalie Boltt; Sylvaine Strike; Elizabeth Mkandawie; John Sumner; William Allen Young; Greg Melvill-Smith; Nick Blake; Morena Busa Sesatsa; Themba Nkosi; Mzwandile Nqoba; Barry Strydom; Jed Brophy; Louis Minnaar; Vanessa Haywood; Marian Hooman; Vittorio Leonardi; Mandla Gaduka; Johan van Schoor; Stella Steenkamp; David (XLII) James; Kenneth Nkosi; Mampho Brescia; Tim Gordon; Morne Erasmus; Anthony Bishop; David Clatworthy; Mike Huff;

Box Office
USD 115,502,313

Release Date
2009-08-14

Genres
Action; Sci-Fi; Thriller;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for bloody violence and pervasive language.

Running Time
1 hr. 52 min.

Director
Neill Blomkamp

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