9 (2009 animated film)
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| Directed by | Shane Acker |
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| Screenplay by | Pamela Pettler |
| Story by | Shane Acker |
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| Music by | Deborah Lurie |
| Cinematography | Kevin R. Adams |
| Edited by | Nick Kenway |
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| Distributed by | Focus Features |
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $48.4 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Danny Elfman & Deborah Lurie | ||||
| Released | September 1, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008-2009 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 45:68 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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9 is a 2009 American adult computer animated post-apocalyptic science fantasy action horror film directed by Shane Acker, written by Pamela Pettler, and produced by Jim Lemley, Dana Ginsburg, Tim Burton, and Timur Bekmambetov. The film stars the voice talents of Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau, and Fred Tatasciore.
The film is based on Acker's Academy Award-nominated 2005 short film of the same name.Focus Features released it theatrically on September 9, 2009. It received generally mixed reviews from critics and earned $48.4 million on a $30 million budget. It also received an Annie Award nomination for Best Animated Effects in a Feature Production. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 29, 2009.
Prior to the events of the film, a Scientist is ordered by his dictator to create a robot in the apparent name of progress. The Scientist uses his own intellect to create the B.R.A.I.N., a robot with a soulless ability. However, the dictator quickly seizes it and integrates it into the Fabrication Machine, an armature that can construct an army of war machines to destroy the dictator's enemies. Lacking a soul, the Fabrication Machine becomes so corrupted, sadistic, and bloodthirsty that it had the idea to exterminate all of Earth's population. The Fabrication Machine reprograms the other war machines to attack humanity, wiping out all plant, animal and microbial life with toxic gas and chemical weapons. On the verge of destruction, the Scientist who created B.R.A.I.N. uses alchemy to create nine homunculus-like rag dolls known as "Stitchpunks," giving them portions of his own soul via a talisman he created. He dies as soon as the final one is ready.
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