District 9 (2009)
- Starring:
- Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, (more)
- Director(s):
- Neill Blomkamp
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but there was never any attack from the skies, nor any profound technological revelation capable of advancing our society. Instead, the aliens were treated as refugees. They were the last of their kind, and in order to accommodate them, the government of South Africa set up a makeshift home in District 9 as politicians and world leaders debated how to handle the situation. As the humans begin to grow wary of the unwelcome intruders, a private company called Multi-National United (MNU) is assigned the task of controlling the aliens. But MNU is less interested in the aliens' welfare than attempting to understand how their weaponry works. Should they manage to make that breakthrough, they will receive tremendous profits to fund their research. Unfortunately, the highly advanced weaponry requires alien DNA in order to be activated. When MNU field operative Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley) is exposed to biotechnology that causes his DNA to mutate, the tensions between the aliens and the humans intensifies. Wikus is the key to unlocking the alien's technology, and he quickly becomes the most wanted man on the planet. Ostracized and isolated, Wikus retreats to District 9 in a desperate bid to shake his dogged pursuers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Sharlto Copley - Wikus van der Merwe
- David James - Koobus Venter
- Mandla Gaduka - Fundiswa Mhlanga
- Eugene Khumbanyiwa - Obesandjo
- William Allen Young - Dirk Michaels
- Sylvaine Strike - Dr. Katrina McKenzie
- John Sumner - Les Feldman - MIL Engineer
- Nick Blake - Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team
- Marian Hooman - Sandra Van de Merwe
- Johan van Schoor - Nicolas Van de Merwe
- Mampho Brescia - Reporter
- Morne Erasmus - MNU Medic
- David Clatworthy - Doctor
- Anthony Fridjhon - MNU Executive
- Hlengiwe Madlala - Sangoma
- Melt Sieberhagen - Anton Grobler
- Jonathan Taylor - MNU Doctor
- Louise Saint Claire - MNU Medical Scientist
- Nicolas Herbstein - MNU Biolab Technician
- Nick Boraine - Craig Weldon
- Sibulele Gcilitshana - U Günters Woman
- Phillip Mathebula - Meat Stall Seller
- Jason Cope - Grey Bradnam/UKNR Chief Correspondent
- Vanessa Haywood - Tania Van de Merwe
- Kenneth Nkosi - Thomas
- Louis Minnaar - Piet Smit
- Nathalie Boltt - Sarah Livingstone - Sociologist
- Elizabeth Mkandawie - Interviewee
- Greg Melvill-Smith - Interviewer
- Jed Brophy - James Hope - Police Officer
- Vittorio Leonardi - Michael Blomstein - MNU Alien Civil Affairs
- Stella Steenkamp - Phyllis Sinderson - MNU Alien Relations
- Tim Gordon - Clive Henderson - Entomologist
- Anthony Bishop - Paramedic
- Mike Huff - Doctor
- Jason Cope - Christopher Johnson
- Siyabonga Radebe - Obesandjo's Lieutenant
- Andre Odendaal - Mike Van Kerland
- John Ellis - MNU Medical Scientest
- Alan Glauber - MNU Operating Room Doctor
- Norman Anstey - MNU Lead Medical Technician
- Robert Hobbs - Ross Pienaar
- Mahendra Raghunath - SABC Anchor Person
- Director(s):
- Neill Blomkamp
- Writer(s):
- Terri Tatchell, Neill Blomkamp
- Producer(s):
- Carolynne Cunningham, Peter Jackson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Profanity, Graphic Violence)
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