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

TO BE CORRECTED / IN PROGRESS: Directed by Ivan Hall and produced by Albie Venter and Madel Venter, with a script by James Ambrose Brown and Otto Krause, music by Art Heatlie, cinematography by Ivo Pellegrini and film editing by David de Beyer.

Production Management was by André Venter and Bill Venter and the rest of the crew consisted of Bob Riley (assistant director), Mary Usmar and Peter Usmar (sound and continuity), Hugh Fowler (assistant camera), Ronnie Wilson (still photographer), Boet Pretorius (music recordings), and Brian le Roux (titles).

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"),