| Uniform Title |
District 9 (Motion Picture : 2009) |
| Title |
District 9. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2009. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (108 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DT55760. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. |
| Based on Neill Blomkamp's 2006 short film Alive in Joburg. |
| "No humans allowed" -- Cover. |
| Special features: Deleted Scenes ; Director's Commentary ; The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log-Three-Part Documentary. |
| Credits |
Directed and written by Neill Blomkamp ; written by Terri Tatchell ; produced by Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham. |
| Performers |
Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood. |
| Summary |
With stunning special effects and gritty realism, the film plunges us into a world where the aliens have landed... only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrial weapon technology. Hunted and hounded through the bizarre back alleys of an alien shantytown, he will discover what it means to be the ultimate outsider on your own planet. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9, 1.85:1, Standard TV 4:3. |
| Language note |
English. Subtitles in English, Hindi. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. [AD] English Audio Description (Descriptive narration for the vision impaired). |
| Subjects |
Blomkamp, Neill, -- 1979- Film adaptations |
| Human-alien encounters -- Drama |
| Virus-vector relationships -- Drama |
| DNA damage -- Drama |
| Relocation (Housing) -- Drama |
| Refugees -- Government policy -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Drama |
| Genre |
Action and adventure films |
| Science fiction films |
| Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Video recordings for people with visual disabilities |
| Other Names |
Blomkamp, Neill, 1979- director, screenwriter. |
| Tatchell, Terri screenwriter. |
| Jackson, Peter, 1961- producer. |
| Cunningham, Carolynne producer. |
| Copley, Sharlto, 1973- actor. |
| Cope, Jason actor. |
| James, David, 1972- actor. |
| Haywood, Vanessa actor. |
| Blomkamp, Neill, 1979-. Alive in Joburg Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
See Also:
Authors:
- Blomkamp, Neill, 1979- .
- Blomkamp, Neill, 1979-. Alive in Joburg .
- Cope, Jason .
- Copley, Sharlto, 1973- .
- Cunningham, Carolynne .
- Haywood, Vanessa .
- Jackson, Peter, 1961- .
- James, David, 1972- .
- Tatchell, Terri .
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