District 9

Plot: Refuge aliens, forced to live in government regulated slums, find an unlikely ally in a government agent.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHihFA8q8xI

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5r8YNSgG8

Starring: Sharlto Copley (The A-Team)

Written by: director (Adicolor Yellow) & Terri Tatchell (Adicolor Yellow)

Directed by: Emmy award winning Special Visual Effects animator Neill Blomkamp ("Dark Angel")

Review: Compelling, epic allegory on apartheid. This sci-fi film got robbed at the Oscars. This is a fantastic film whether or not you're into the sci-fi genre. Complete with unknown actors, this film proves that you do not have to have a household name starring if the movie is this good. The lead Copley, in his acting debut, has a long career ahead of him. This film surpassed all expectations because of the fusion of big special effects with excellent acting, writing, and directing. A thinking person's sci-fi movie. If this is true sci-fi, then sign me up for a District 9 convention. I'll bring the cat food.

Fun facts: The film was inspired by director Neill Blomkamp's childhood in South Africa during apartheid. Sharlto Copley had not acted before and had no intention of pursuing an acting career. He stumbled into the leading role as Neill Blomkamp placed him on-camera during the short film. All the shacks in District 9 were actual shacks that exist in a section of Johannesburg which were to be evacuated and the residents moved to better government housing, paralleling the events in the film. Sharlto Copley ad-libbed all his lines during the "documentary" sequences. When Koobus is tracking Wikus' location, director Neill Blomkamp is seen briefly saying Wikus' coordinates. The title is a nod to a real place and a real incident. District 6 was a mixed race neighborhood of Cape Town which the apartheid government demolished in 1966 to make room for whites.

Awards:

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Oscar	Best Achievement in Editing
			Best Achievement in Visual Effects
			Best Motion Picture of the Year Peter Jackson Carolynne Cunningham
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Neill Blomkamp Terri Tatchell

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Saturn Award	Best DVD Special Edition For the "Two-Disc Edition".
			Best Director Neill Blomkamp
			Best International Film
			Best Make-Up
			Best Production Design
			Best Special Effects
			Best Writing Neill Blomkamp Terri Tatchell

Art Directors Guild
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Excellence in Production Design Award	Fantasy Films Philip Ivey (production designer) Emilia Roux (art director) Mike Berg (art director) Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson (set designer) Nick Connor (set designer) Trevor Paul (graphic designer) Gabriel Metcalfe (illustrator) Guy Potgieter (set decorator)

MTV Movie Awards
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
2010	Nominated	Best Scared-As-S**t Performance	Sharlto Copley

Rating:

Writing-A

Acting-A

Directing-A

Music-A

Cinematography-A

Editing-A

Costumes-B

Art Direction-A

Hair-B

Makeup-A

Visual Effects-A

**** Stars