"District 9"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our 2009 retrospective continues with one of the most unique and downright awesome Best Picture nominees of all time, Neill Blomkamp's "District 9," starring Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi, Eugene Khumbanyiwa, Louis Minnaar & William Allen Young. Standing as an allegory for apartheid in South Africa, the marketing and finished film blew audiences away in 2009 with its fresh concept and resourcefulness to deliver a summer blockbuster on a $30 million budget. What do we think of it all these years later? Please join Dan Bayer, Will Mavity, and me as we discuss the themes, Copley's performances, the makeup, action, visual effects, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review! Thank you! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You were listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of District 9.
0:06.6	Nobody comes back late at night anymore. They have more security.
0:10.9	The government noticed that they were moving into new areas. That's when things started to get out of hand.
0:23.6	They don't belong yet. They're spending so much money to keep them here when they could be spending it on other things.
0:27.6	At least they're keeping them separate from us.
0:30.6	A lot of bad things started to happen.
0:35.6	They must just go. I don't know where they go.
0:38.3	And they must just go.
0:40.3	We're at the breaking point.
0:42.3	People are living in fear.
0:44.3	All right, everyone, you were just listening to the trailer for District 9, and the story is as follows.
0:50.3	30 years ago, aliens arrive on Earth not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet.
0:59.0	Separated from humans in South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by multinational United,
1:07.0	which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare, but will do anything to master their advanced technology.
1:14.6	When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide.
1:23.6	The film is starring.
1:26.6	Shalto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, The film is starring.
1:35.1	Shalto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandela Gadguka, Kenneth Nicose,
1:41.8	Eugene, Cumbayauiya, Louise Miniar, William Allen Young.
1:46.2	It is written and directed by Neil Blomk, co-written by Terry Tatchel,
1:52.5	and here to join me today for this throwback Patreon podcast review. I have Will Mavity.
1:58.5	You know, I was going to try to do a Afrikaner's accent like Charlton-Coply, but it's just going to be humiliating. So I'll pass on that.
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