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  • A massive alien ship appears over the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and its contingent of worker-insectoids, known as the Prawns, coexist roughly with their surrounding humans nearby.

    My Top SF/F Films of the Decade « worlds in a grain of sand 2010

  • A massive alien ship appears over the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, and its contingent of worker-insectoids, known as the Prawns, coexist roughly with their surrounding humans nearby.

    2010 January 13 « worlds in a grain of sand 2010

  • I wasnt sure if Shrimps and the Prawns were the same thing, I guess they are.

    Kolumbi che Bhujne - Prawns Stir Fry Meera 2009

  • District 9, shot in Blomkamp's native South Africa, is an account of a bitter conflict between men and aliens, called Prawns, huge four-legged insect-like beings which walk upright and talk in a garbled lingo.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

  • The band that Gray's talking about was his Cramps-style garage band called the Prawns, later to become the Vacuums.

    WalesOnline - Home 2009

  • Through happenstance, the boss's son-in-law heads the eviction detail and winds up in the center of a huge controversy, as MNU's true intentions and practices come to bear, and the aliens ( "Prawns" to humans) become less a pariah than a possible salvation.

    Archive 2010-03-01 2010

  • Through happenstance, the boss's son-in-law heads the eviction detail and winds up in the center of a huge controversy, as MNU's true intentions and practices come to bear, and the aliens ( "Prawns" to humans) become less a pariah than a possible salvation.

    Rabid Rewind: District 9 2010

  • The aliens, referred throughout the film by the Kaffir-like slur of "Prawns", adapt to life in "District 9" living in shacks, sifting through garbage, eating the occasional hog-head, and developing a junkie like addiction to cat food.

    Will Menaker: District 9 2009

  • The story of the 'Prawns' was the catalyst for his transformation, both literally and figuratively.

    Home Theater Forum 2010

  • The story of the 'Prawns' was the catalyst for his transformation, both literally and figuratively.

    Home Theater Forum David Deeb 2010

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