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Sci-fi thriller based on the short film, 'Alive in Jo'berg' (2006), about the tense relationship that exists between a group of aliens who have been living on earth for 30 years and the humans who have been trying to keep them segregated and under their control. The aliens live in a place called District 9 in South Africa in squalid conditions and are now under the supervision of Multi-National United (MNU), a company who are solely interested in exploiting the aliens' superior technology to make money. However, the only way of getting the extraterrestrial technology to work is by using alien DNA, so when MNU worker Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) becomes infected with a DNA altering disease, giving him alien DNA, he becomes a very desirable commodity. Realising he is alone and in serious danger, and as relations between the aliens and humans intensify, van der Merwe must enter District 9 to escape.

Special Features

• Director's Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log (Three-Part Documentary)
• Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus
• Innovation: Acting and Improvisation
• Conception & Design: Creating The World of District 9
• Alien Generation: Visual Effects
• Joburg From Above: Satellite and Schematics of the World of District 9 Interactive Map

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Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth -- not to conquer or give aid, but -- to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent (Sharlto Copley) contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

• Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Bloody Violence)
• Genre: Sci-fi
• Original Language: English
• Director: Neill Blomkamp
• Producer: Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
• Writer: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
• Release Date (Theaters): Aug 14, 2009 Wide
• Release Date (Streaming): Dec 22, 2009
• Box Office (Gross USA): $115.6M
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Distributor: Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment
• Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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Critics Consensus
Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic. Read critic reviews