22 Facts About District 9

District 9 is a 2009 science fiction action thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham.

The title and premise of District 9 were inspired by events in Cape Town's District Six, during the apartheid era.

District 9 was released by TriStar Pictures on 14 August 2009, in North America and became a financial success, earning over $210 million at the box office.

District 9 is taken to a hospital, where his left hand is discovered to have become a prawn claw, and transferred to the MNU lab, where researchers perform brutal experiments.

Wikus takes refuge in District 9, accidentally finding Christopher and the mother spaceship's concealed command module dropship underneath his slumhouse.

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Blikkiesdorp, a temporary relocation area in Cape Town, has been compared with the District 9 camp, earning a front-page spread in the Daily Voice.

Jackson and Blomkamp discussed pursuing alternative projects and eventually chose to produce and direct, respectively, District 9 featuring props and items originally made for the Halo film.

The location that portrays District 9 is itself a real impoverished neighbourhood from which people were being forcibly relocated to government-subsidised housing.

Aliens in District 9 were designed by Weta Workshop, and the design was executed by Image Engine.

District 9 went for a scary, hard, warrior-looking alien, which is much more of a challenge.

Music for District 9 was scored by Canadian composer Clinton Shorter, who spent three weeks preparing for the film.

The audience demographic for District 9 was 64 percent male and 57 percent people 25 years or older.

The website's consensus states, "Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.

Sara Vilkomerson of The New York Observer wrote, "District 9 is the most exciting science fiction movie to come along in ages; definitely the most thrilling film of the summer; and quite possibly the best film I've seen all year.

District 9's said the gang leader Obesandjo is almost identical in spelling and pronunciation to the surname of former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

However, the Malawian actor Eugene Khumbanyiwa, who played Obesandjo, has stated that the Nigerians in the cast of District 9 were not perturbed by the portrayal of Nigerians in the film, and that the film should not be taken literally: "It's a story, you know.

District 9 suggests two possible explanations for Blomkamp's narrative choice: first, that it is meant to reflect anti-foreigner sentiment within South Africa, or second, that it simply represents an oversight on Blomkamp's part.

District 9's discusses how the wide shots used in District 9 strongly emphasize the idea of exclusion under apartheid.

District 9 was named one of the top 10 independent films of 2009 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

District 9 was released by TriStar Pictures on 14 August 2009.

District 9 was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on 13 October 2010.

On 1 August 2009, two weeks before District 9 was released to cinemas, Neill Blomkamp hinted that he intended to make a sequel if the film was successful enough.