District 9 /

Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to matc...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	District 9 (Motion picture)
Corporate Author:	QED International
Other Authors:	Blomkamp, Neill, 1979- (Screenwriter), Tatchell, Terri (Screenwriter), Copley, Sharlto, 1973- (Actor), Cope, Jason (Actor), James, David, 1972- (Actor), Haywood, Vanessa, 1978- (Actor), Gaduka, Mandla (Actor), Nkosi, Kenneth (Actor), Khumbanyiwa, Eugene (Actor), Minnaar, Louis (Actor), Young, William Allen, 1953- (Actor), Opaloch, Trent (director of photography.), Clarke, Julian, 1977- (Film editor), Shorter, Clinton (composer (expression))
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Closed captioned. Soundtrack in English; subtitles in English.
Subjects:	Human-alien encounters > Drama. Virus-vector relationships > Drama. DNA damage > Drama. Fathers and sons > Drama. Relocation (Housing) > Drama. Refugees > Government policy > Drama. South Africa > Drama. Fathers and sons DNA damage Human-alien encounters Refugees > Government policy Relocation (Housing) Virus-vector relationships South Africa Streaming video. Webcast Streaming videos. Internet videos Films for the hearing impaired Fiction films Action and adventure films Drama Feature films Science fiction films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Science fiction films. Action and adventure films. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)

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Summary:	Twenty years ago, aliens from another planet made contact with Earth. Now, the refugee camp they are forced to live in has deteriorated into a slum-like ghetto. When field operative Wikus van der Merwe is put in charge of evicting the aliens, he contracts a strange virus that changes his DNA to match that of the refugees. As his body begins to mutate, he becomes a hunted man, and the aliens' only hope for freedom.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file (112 min.)) : sound, color
Audience:	MPAA rating: R; for bloody violence and pervasive language.
Production Credits:	Executive producers, Bill Block, Ken Kamins ; director of photography, Trent Opaloch ; production designer, Philip Ivey ; film editor, Julian Clarke ; music by Clinton Shorter.