District 9

District 9 is a 2009 science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New Zealand, the United States and South Africa.

The film

In 1982, a massive star ship bearing a bedraggled alien population, nicknamed "The Prawns," appeared over Johannesburg, South Africa. Twenty-eight years later, the initial welcome by the human population has faded. The refugee camp where the aliens were located has deteriorated into a militarized ghetto called District 9, where they are confined and exploited in squalor. In 2010, the munitions corporation, Multi-National United, is contracted to forcibly evict the population with operative Wikus van der Merwe in charge. In this operation, Wikus is exposed to a strange alien chemical and must rely on the help of his only two new 'Prawn' friends.

Production team

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Production credits as follows: Bill Block (executive producer), Philippa Boyens (co-producer), Carolynne Cunningham (producer), Trishia Downie (line producer), Elliot Ferwerda (co-executive producer), Paul Hanson (co-executive producer), Peter Jackson (producer), Ken Kamins (executive producer), Michael S. Murphey (supervising producer), Mpho Gift Twala (producer: documentary unit), Mark Brooke (executive producer - uncredited).

The cast

The cast includes Sharlto Copley ("Wikus van der Merwe"), Jason Cope ("Grey Bradnam - UKNR Chief Correspondent / Christopher Johnson"), Nathalie Boltt ("Sarah Livingstone", a sociologist), Sylvaine Strike ("Dr Katrina McKenzie"), Elizabeth Mkandawie ("Interviewee"), John Sumner ("Les Feldman - MIL Engineer"), William Allen Young ("Dirk Michaels"), Greg Melvill-Smith ("Interviewer"), Nick Blake ("Francois Moraneu - CIV Engineer Team"), Morena Busa Sesatsa ("Interviewee"), Themba Nkosi ("Interviewee"), Mzwandile Nqoba ("Interviewee"), Barry Strydom ("Interviewee"), Jed Brophy ("James Hope" a police officer) and Louis Minnaar ("Piet Smit").