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Unif Title District 9 (Motion picture)
Title District 9 [videorecording] / Peter Jackson presents in association with TriStar Pictures and Block/Hanson, a Wingnut Films production, a film by Neill Blomkamp ; produced by Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham ; written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell ; directed by Neill Blomkamp.
Publisher Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2009.
Edition Widescreen.
Description 1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Note In English or French with, English or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
Title from container.
Credits Director of photography, Trent Opaloch ; editor, Julian Clarke ; music, Clinton Shorter.
Audience MPAA rating: R; for bloody violence and pervasive language.
System Det DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Summary Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the aliens' only hope for freedom.
Subject Human-alien encounters -- South Africa -- Drama.
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DNA damage -- South Africa -- Drama.
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Genre Science fiction films.
Action and adventure films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Addt'l Author Jackson, Peter, 1961-
Cunningham, Carolynne.
Blomkamp, Neill.
Tatchell, Terri.
Shorter, Clinton.
Tri-Star Pictures.
Block/Hanson (Firm)
WingNut Films (Firm)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Alt Title District Nine
ISBN 1435932579
9781435932579
Publishers # 27514