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'Hangover,' 'Up' And More Of The Summer's Biggest Box-Office Hits'Hangover,' 'Up' And More Of The Summer's Biggest Box-Office Hits 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' 'District 9,' 'Star Trek' and 'The Proposal' also cleaned up. Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper in "The Hangover" (... In this article: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hollywood, District 9, The Hangover, The Proposal, J.J. Abrams, Star Trek, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Todd Phillips |
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L.A. Times - The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site | October 28, 2009
Fearless Oscar prophets predict best picture nominees
...e-mail that "Moon" may just be wishful thinking. Jeff waffles a bit, saying that either "Inglourious Basterds" or "District 9" will get in, so both titles are listed here with question marks. Predictions for "Star Trek," "District 9" and...
In this article: Star Trek, Oscar, E mail, Inglourious Basterds, Gawker, and Us Weekly
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Wired: Underwire | August 15, 2009
Blowback: Does Experimental District 9 Work Alien Magic?
...District 9 Work Alien Magic? District 9 cost a hell of a lot less money to make than its summertime sci-fi competitors Star Trek, Terminator Salvation and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But the alien apartheid movie, crafted...
In this article: Neill Blomkamp, Aliens, Wired.com, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Star Trek
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L.A. Times - Movie News | August 23, 2009
Weekend box office: 'Basterds' opens to a glorious $37.6 million
...off on the right track. Not too surprisingly, with "Inglourious" likely taking much of the male audience, last weekend's No. 1 movie, "District 9," declined a sizable 61% from its opening Friday to $5.5 million. Though its Saturday and...
In this article: Inglourious Basterds, G.I. Joe, Weinstein Co., Universal, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Time Traveler's Wife, Warner Bros., and Julie & Julia
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Salon | August 12, 2009
Is apartheid acceptable -- for giant bugs?
...emigrated to Canada in the late '90s.) Amid the late-summer doldrums of studio leftovers, Blomkamp's resulting feature-film debut, "District 9," stands out as the science-fiction film of the year. (That's with all due respect to J.J....
In this article: Neill Blomkamp, Johannesburg, Peter Jackson, South Africa, Soylent Green, and Borat
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New Scientist - Latest Headlines | August 19, 2009
District 9: Science is the casualty in human-alien conflict
...enough. Credit must go to the film's creators for making the aliens look truly weird - they resemble bipedal grasshoppers - rather than like humans with pointy ears or bumpy foreheads, as the Star Trek franchise has tended to do. It seems...
In this article: Star Wars, Star Trek, South Africa, Ireland, Magnetic field, Planet of the Apes, Peter Jackson, and Iron Man
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Is 'District 9' cursed at the Oscars?
...begun. 'District 9' should be nominated before 'Star Trek' (which wasn't that good) should if they both score equally, as an original film that rates equal should always be nominated before something else that's been done before. It takes...
In this article: Academy Awards, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, Star Trek, Star Wars, Drag Me to Hell, Entertainment Weekly, Ben-Hur, and Peter Jackson
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New York Daily News | August 14, 2009
'Battlestar Galactica' headed for big screen at warp speed
...a foot in Hollywood to make more adult, smart sci-fi movies. . . . [Look at] the success of Star Trek and District 9, based on the encouragingly strong ticket sales shows. "I think Hollywood previously underestimated the intelligence of...
In this article: Battlestar Galactica, Glen Larson, Bryan Singer, X-Men, Hollywood, Fandango, Universal Pictures, and Star Trek
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District 9 is a 2009 science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and Robert Hobbs. Copley plays the role of Wikus van de Merwe, a bureaucrat assigned to relocate an extraterrestrial race of aliens, derogatorily referred to as "prawns", from a refugee camp in Johannesburg to a new one outside the city.
The story, adapted from "Alive in Joburg", a 2005 short film directed by Blomkamp and produced by Copley, deals with the issues of xenophobia and social segregation. The title and premise of District 9 were inspired by historical events that took place in South Africa during the apartheid in a residential area of Cape Town named District Six. The film was produced for $30 million and shot on location in Chiawelo, Soweto, presenting fictional interviews, news footage, and video from surveillance cameras in a mock documentary style. A viral marketing campaign began in 2008 at the San Diego Comic-Con, and the theatrical trailer appeared in July 2009. Released on August 14, 2009 in North America by TriStar Pictures, the film received positive reviews and earned $37 million on its opening weekend.
- Name:
- District 9
- Country of Origin:
- New Zealand
- Release Date:
- September 04, 2009
- Directed By:
- Neill Blomkamp
- Produced by:
- Peter Jackson
- Written By:
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- Neill Blomkamp
- Terri Tatchell
- Editor:
- Julian Clarke
- Starring:
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- Jason Cope
- Robert Hobbs
- Sharlto Copley
- Cinematography:
- Trent Opaloch
- Music By:
- Clinton Shorter
- Distributed By:
- TriStar Pictures
- Length:
- 112 minutes
- Language:
- English, Afrikaans, Xhosa
- Studio:
- Key Creatives
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