District 9
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You are not welcome here.
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 112
Retail Price: £24.99
Release Date: 28/12/2009
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
From producer Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) and director Neill Blomkamp comes a startlingly original science fiction thriller. With stunning special effects this grittily realistic film plunges us into a world where aliens have landed... only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrial weapon technology. Hunted and hounded through the bizarre back alleys of an alien shantytown, he will discover what it means to be the ultimate outsider on your own planet.
Special Features:
Trailers
Featurettes
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Video Tracks:
1080p Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio Tracks:
DTS-HD Master Audio English
DTS-HD Master Audio French
Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitle Tracks:
English
French
Hindi
Directed By:
Neill Blomkamp
Written By:
Neill Blomkamp
Terri Tatchell
Starring:
Sharlto Copley
Jason Cope
Nathalie Boltt
Sylvaine Strike
Elizabeth Mkandawie
John Sumner
William Allen Young
Greg Melvill-Smith
Nick Blake
Morena Busa Sesatsa
Themba Nkosi
Mzwandile Nqoba
Barry Strydom
Jed Brophy
Louis Minnaar
Vanessa Haywood
Marian Hooman
Vittorio Leonardi
Mandla Gaduka
Johan van Schoor
Stella Steenkamp
Director of Photography:
Trent Opaloch
Editor:
Julian Clarke
Costume Designer:
Diana Cilliers
Production Designer:
Philip Ivey
Producer:
Peter Jackson
Carolynne Cunningham
Executive Producer:
Bill Block
Ken Kamins
Distributor:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Your Opinions and Comments
I have to say, I really like the way it is shot, in a part documentary fashion, it really works. And I love the road the main character goes on, the justifications for the alien treatment, and setting it in South Africa was a stroke of genius!