| Directed by | Neill Blomkamp |
| Released in | 2009 |
| Genre | Science FIction |
| Cast | Sharlto Copley as Wikus van de Merwe |
| Music by | Clinton Shorter |
| Produced by | Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham |
| Language | English |
| Length | 1 hour 52 mins |
District 9 is a 2009 gritty, grimy, science fiction thriller placed in South Africa. Directed by Neill Blomkamp, the movie uses relatively unknown actors – Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James and adapts a pseudo-documentary style (at least at the start). District 9 was inspired by events during the apartheid era in District Six, Cape Town. The film won many awards and nominations. With a relatively low budget of 30 million US$, it was a box office hit with a collection of over 210 million US$.
“Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.”
– Rotten Tomatoes