District 9

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District 9 is a 2009 science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp that portrays an apartheid-style segregation of stranded aliens in South Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feature film
film
science fiction film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
surface form: Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay

Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing
Academy Award nomination for Best Picture
Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects
basedOn Alive in Joburg
basedOnWorkType short film
boxOfficeUSD 210000000
budgetUSD 30000000
castMember David James
Jason Cope
Mandla Gaduka
Sharlto Copley
Vanessa Haywood
character Christopher Johnson
Wikus van de Merwe
cinematographer Trent Opaloch
composer Clinton Shorter
countryOfOrigin New Zealand
South Africa
United States of America
surface form: United States
director Neill Blomkamp
distributor Sony Pictures Releasing
TriStar Pictures
editor Julian Clarke
filmingLocation Johannesburg, South Africa
surface form: Johannesburg

Soweto
genre action
science fiction
thriller
hasMetacriticScore 81
hasRottenTomatoesScore 90
language Afrikaans
English
leadActor Sharlto Copley
mainSubject aliens
apartheid
refugees
segregation
xenophobia
mpaaRating R
narrativeForm mockumentary
portrays apartheid-style segregation of aliens in South Africa
producer Carolynne Cunningham
Peter Jackson
productionCompany Key Creatives
QED International
WingNut Films
publicationDate 2009-08-14
releaseYear 2009
runtimeMinutes 112
screenwriter Neill Blomkamp
Terri Tatchell
setting Johannesburg, South Africa
surface form: Johannesburg

South Africa

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TriStar Pictures notableWork District 9
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Weta Digital notableWork District 9
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Neill Blomkamp wrote District 9
Neill Blomkamp collaboratedOn District 9
Trent Opaloch notableWork District 9
Trent Opaloch workedOn District 9
QED International notableWork District 9
QED International financed District 9
QED International coProduced District 9
Sharlto Copley notableWork District 9
Sharlto Copley madeFilmDebutIn District 9
Sharlto Copley appearedInFilm District 9
Julian Clarke notableWork District 9
Julian Clarke edited District 9
Julian Clarke nominatedForWork District 9
Stage 6 Films notableRelease District 9
Suoi Tien locatedIn District 9
Jabez Olssen notableWork District 9