Additional information for 9, which has a domestic theatrical release set for September 9, 2009. The film is being distributed by Focus Features and has not yet been rated. 9 has a total running time of 79 minutes.
PG-13
USA
U
France
PG
Singapore
12
South Korea
PG
Canada
12A
Ireland
K-11
Finland
12A
UK
9
Netherlands
M
Australia
IIA
Hong Kong
M/12
Portugal
A
Mexico
M
New Zealand
11
Sweden
11
Denmark
G
Japan
13
Argentina
PT
Peru
U
Malaysia
12
Germany
79min
9
Greece
9
Portugal
9
Russia
9
Turkey
Número 9
Argentina
Número 9
Peru
#9
Germany
9 - A Salvação
Brazil
Devetka
Serbia
Nueve
Mexico
Numéro 9
France
August 19, 2009
France
September 09, 2009
Canada
September 09, 2009
Cyprus
September 09, 2009
Czech Republic
September 09, 2009
Estonia
September 09, 2009
Greece
September 09, 2009
Netherlands
September 09, 2009
Russia
September 09, 2009
Singapore
September 09, 2009
South Korea
September 09, 2009
USA
September 10, 2009
Kazakhstan
September 10, 2009
Ukraine
September 16, 2009
Belgium
September 18, 2009
Poland
September 24, 2009
Finland
September 25, 2009
Finland
October 09, 2009
Brazil
October 16, 2009
Iceland
October 23, 2009
Mexico
October 28, 2009
UK
October 30, 2009
Ireland
November 19, 2009
Malaysia
November 23, 2009
Norway
November 23, 2009
Sweden
November 26, 2009
Israel
December 03, 2009
Hong Kong
December 04, 2009
Sweden
December 09, 2009
Australia
January 01, 2010
Spain
February 05, 2010
Panama
February 18, 2010
Peru
February 25, 2010
Germany
March 18, 2010
Argentina
March 19, 2010
Taiwan
April 16, 2010
Turkey
April 22, 2010
Hungary
May 06, 2010
Portugal
May 08, 2010
Japan
June 10, 2010
Kuwait
(7) To Defend Us...
(4) To Teach Us...
(6) To Lead Us...
(2) To Inspire Us...
(8) To Guard Us...
(1) To Protect Us...
(5) To Guide Us...
(9) To Save Us.
(3) To Define Us...
When our world ended their mission began.
The movie starts off with The Scientist (Alan Oppenheimer) making a sapient ragdoll, on whose back he writes "9". Outside, the world is pretty much destroyed. A while later, when all is silent, 9 comes to life. Looking around, he sees the place "The First Room" is a mess. He opens a window and sees the entire city in ruins. He tries to say something, but nothing happens. He can't talk.He walks with little trepidation through the desolate deserted city. He comes upon a car on the road. He looks inside and sees a mother and her child inside dead. Recoiling from the sight he hears a sound and sees a slowly-approaching light.Hiding behind some ruins he picks up a metal bar and waits. As the light comes closer he swings the bar towards it and connects. When he looks at what he hit he sees a creature very similar to himself only slightly aged and differently crafted. He also has a small candle fitted to his headgear and wears a magnifying glass in front of his eyes.The other creature "2" (Martin Landau) sees him and gasps. 9 starts to run but 2 calls out, "Wait! I'm a friend." 9 stops and goes to help 2 up. 2 gives 9 an appraising look and approves of 9's detail and design. When he sees that 9 can't talk he tells him to follow him. They go over to a discarded doll on the road where 2 proceeds to look inside it. 9 in the meantime picks up a bullet and plays around with it unaware of what it is. 2 finds the doll's voice box and stops 9 from causing any damage with the bullet. He tells him that some things are better left alone. Then he inserts the voice box into 9's chest cavity through the zipper. After some adjustment 9 speaks (Elijah Wood) and says "Friend."2 notices something inside 9 and pulls it out. It's a small hemispherical device called "The Talisman" which has three shapes on it. 9 says to himself "he's always drawing this" (we find out later who "he" is). 9 asks if they're alone. However a loud sound answers that question. 2 becomes afraid and instructs 9 to hide inside a broken can nearby. Standing outside armed with a spear, 2 waits tensely for the "beast" to attack. He's attacked and the "Beast" sees "The Talisman" and takes it. Then it notices 9 inside the can and tries to attack him. With its claws inches from 9's face 2 distracts it. It swallows 2. When it looks inside the can again it sees it's empty. It leaves. 9 emerges from a different hiding place. His left arm is ripped a bit. He faints. His unconscious form is noticed by a one-eyed ragdoll called "5".When he awakens he sees 5 tending to him. His arm has been fixed. They're indoors now and 5 (John C. Reilly) tells him that 2 is better at fixing them, unaware of 2's fate. At that moment an elderly, domineering ragdoll called "1" (Christopher Plummer) enters angrily. He looks over 9 and yells at 5 for almost leading the beast to them. Another ragdoll, a huge one named "8" (John Tatasciore) comes in. He's like 1's henchman/bodyguard.1 orders all to go to the upper level. They go up in a bucket. At the top level 9 sees they're in a half-destroyed church of some sort. A fighter plane has crashed into a part of the church. 1 narrates the story as he knows it. When he awoke there was a war between man and machine. In a major battle, as the ragdolls ran for their lives, 5 lost his left eye and was saved by 2. The machines deployed poison gas bombs that pretty much killed all life on Earth. Only things left were the ragdolls and the beasts.1 tells 9 of all the ragdolls that have been lost. 3.. 4.. 7.. and now 2. He orders 5 and 9 to go to the watchtower. In another room we see "6" (Crispin Glover) drawing the same shapes as on the Talisman (he's the one 2 was referring to). On the watchtower, 5 and 9 look through a telescope. 9 sees a large factory in the distance with towers. He says that that's where "the beast" took 2. 9 wants to go there to rescue 2 but 5 is reluctant. When 9 says that 2 would have tried to save him, 5 relents. 5 has a map which they can use to get there.As they walk towards the place they find 2's candle headlamp. 5 wonders why he was out there all alone. They look for a tunnel. Suddenly there's a huge sandstorm that blows the map away. They can't go back. When the sandstorm recedes they notice a huge footprint on the ground - "the beast's". Needing light they take a small lightbulb from inside a wrecked car headlight. 9 fashions a small staff-torch with it. 5 says sadly that 2 was just as smart to think that up.In the distance the shadow of a creature with a beak finds 5's map.5 and 9 reach the factory. It's a dark and imposing industrial place. They turn off the light and go inside. They see a cage and see 2 inside it. At first 2 doesn't respond but slowly awakens and is happy that they came for him. They hear sounds coming from nearby. 9 takes a look and sees "the beast" there trying to insert the Talisman into a socket. Suddenly it hears a sound and sees 9. It attacks them. Just then a beaked creature attacks "the beast" and beheads it. The creature removes its beaked headdress to reveal that it is a female ragdoll - "7" (Jennifer Connelly). 2 and 5 are ecstatic to see her as they thought she was dead. They introduce her to 9. In the midst of the happy reunion 9 picks up the Talisman and unwittingly inserts it into the socket. 2 sees that and runs to stop him but it's too late. 2 pushes 9 out of the way as the factory comes alive. However a bright green light shoots out from the machine and strikes 2 in the eyes and mouth, and drains all his life force. The poor ragdoll hits the ground lifeless.Now that the place is fully alive, 5.. 7.. and 9 don't have time to mourn over 2. "The Machine" (a large sphere, with a bright red light in the middle - electrodes on its body - and long limbs) comes to life. The surviving ragdolls run but find themselves trapped at a chasm. 7 sees a lever switch overhead and uses 5's grappling gun to shoot a hook around the switch. 7 and 9 grab 5 and swing towards a conveyor belt on the other side. However, their collective weight causes the switch to be thrown and the resultant jerk causes 7 to lose her grip and 5 and 9 fall onto a conveyor belt. 7 manages to grab a ledge and hang one-handed off it. The conveyor belt starts to move (due to the thrown switch) and 5 and 9 have to dodge many large metallic objects. They fall to the floor below. "The Machine" moves menacingly towards 7, sparking its electrodes. It gets distracted by 5 and 9's staff-light and chases them instead. 5 and 9 hide for a few tense moments as "the machine" looks for them. 7 arrives and they run into a tunnel. "The Machine" is too large to chase them in the tunnel and they manage to escape.Outside the factory, 5 is devastated about 2's death while 7 is furious at 9. She knows where to find answers and tells them to follow her.Meanwhile, "The Machine" uses the material around it to create a new monster.5.. 7.. and 9 go to a destroyed library which has a large courtyard with statues on it. They look at old paintings and see books scattered all over the place. 7 calls out and small twin ragdolls show up ("3" & "4"). They're mute but their eyes can project memories. They look over 9, analyzing him and taking rapid pictures with their eyes. 7 asks them for help saying that they awakened something terrible. 9 guiltily corrects her that HE was the one who awakened it. Using their eyes, the twins project a video on a book which tells about "The Machine". As it turns out "The Machine" was made by the very same Scientist who created them. He was under orders from the dictatorial Chancellor. It was called "The Brain". It has the ability to create its own machines. They used it in the war but soon it turned against Man and destroyed the world.Eager to know more about "the talisman", 9 draws the three shapes. 5 says that 6 draws those very shapes. 9 says he wants to see 6 however 7 doesn't want to return, for she doesn't like 1 very much, and runs off.5 and 9 return to the church to see 6, however 8 grabs them. 1 enters the room furious. He accuses them of dooming them all. 9 asks who sent 2 to scout outside and 1 answers it was him. 6 comes in and sees the shapes drawn by 9. He says that the shapes are the "Source". 9 wants to investigate further but 1 orders them locked up. 9 calls 1 a coward. 1 angrily says he'll do what it takes to keep them safe.Just then the church is attacked by the newly-created beast (looks like a pterodactyl with the wings and long beak). They flee for their lives as the place starts to catch fire from the beast's attack. They wind up on the wing of the crashed plane. Just as they're cornered, 7 enters and tries to attack the beast from behind, but the beast turns and swats her away. She tries again and this time it shoots a cabled harpoon into her leg. It starts to reel her in but 9 grabs her and stabs her spear into the wing, arresting their movement. 8 cuts the taut cable which causes it to swing away and wrap around a blade of the wing's propeller. Due to the tussle on the wing, it starts to slowly slide downwards. 8 grabs a groove in the wing. 7 holds on to the embedded spear while 9 holds on to the harpoon in her leg. 1 loses his balance and his staff. 9 grabs the staff and holds it out for 1 to hold on to. 5 and 6 land in the propeller mechanism. They turn on the propeller. The spinning propeller starts to pull the beast towards it, but with a burst of strength and speed, it jumps and lands inches away from 1 and grabs his cape with its beak. 9 yells out for 1 to let go of his cape. Reluctantly 1 releases the cape causing the beast to snap back into the spinning propeller and it gets torn apart.However the ragdolls are now homeless thanks to the fire. 1 watches sadly as their sanctuary burns down. They go to the library where 3 and 4 live.A drone takes the destroyed beast back to "The Brain". It becomes angry and looks at 2's body and seems to get an idea.At the library, 8 is appointed as the lookout. It's quiet outside so he uses this opportunity to use a magnet on his head to get some sort of a high.While 3.. 4.. 6.. and 9 go over the drawings, 1 becomes upset about what he terms "dark science". 9 accuses him of sending 2 out to scout purposely to kill him off. 1 says indignantly that 2 was sacrificed as he was old and weak. Furious, 7 jumps on him with a knife at his throat. 9 talks her down and she walks off angry. 1 leaves as well. 9 wants to go to scientist's place to get answers (the First Room).Outside, 8 hears some sounds and looks around. He walks tensely through the courtyard. Suddenly he sees 2 and 2 rises up in the air with his eyes flashing like a strobe light and 8 becomes hypnotized.In a different room 1 walks in a huff. He hears a sound and becomes scared. His fear increases tenfold when he sees 2 eerily floating towards him. Just like 8, he too gets hypnotized by 2's flashing strobe eyes. Attached to 2 is a snakelike beast. The beast's "head" opens up, and reveals a one-eyed skull. It has a snakelike fabric-covered body and jointed legs with sharp objects on them. It picks up 1 and starts to tie him up with thread. 8 has already been stuffed inside the "Snake". As the snake starts to reel in the unconscious 1, 5 and 9 run to his resue. The Snake sees them and uses 2 again (attached to it's tail like a rattle snake) and uses his flashing eyes on them. While 9 averts his eyes, 5 gets hypnotized and becomes rooted to the spot. Just then, 7's spear hits 2 and embeds him in a wall nearby stopping the hypnotic flashing. 7 runs towards 2's body dodging the Snake's attacks. Retrieving her spear she cuts the Snake's tail off freeing 2's body. The Snake grabs her and is about to kill her when 5 snaps out of his trance and shoots the Snake in its good eye. The Snake starts to slither away with 7 and 8. 7 screams out to 9 who runs after it but the Snake gets away with the two ragdolls.1 has been rescued. 9 tells 1 that the Snake has 7 and 8. 9 demands that they go save them but 1 refuses. 9 persuades him. They give 2 a fitting funeral by putting him on a raft with a coin on his eyes and let him float freely into the sewer.They set off to the factory. Taking the staff-light, 9 goes inside alone. He tells 5 that if he doesn't return, 5 is to destroy the factory. 5 tells the others to look for a drum of fuel.Inside the factory, 9 sees the snake hand 8 over to "the brain". 8's life force is drained by "the brain" which gets more powerful. The snake then starts to hand over 7. 9 ties a thread around a bolt and throws the bolt onto a ledge behind a pair of moving cogs. He then distracts the Snake. Putting 7 back inside of itself it chases after 9. Through it's one broken eye, it sees what it takes to be a ragdoll. It grabs it and starts tying it up. Actually, it's a piece of ragdoll fabric wrapped around the staff-light which 9 holds while in hiding. The snake suddenly turns on the lightbulb and recoils. 9 bursts out of hiding and starts to run with a knife in his mouth. The snake sees 9 and gives chase. The dummy ragdoll is connected to the cabled bolt. As the snake slithers after 9 it pulls the cable which gets caught in between the cogs. The cogs start pulling the cable which yanks the snake backwards towards the cogs. After turning around, 9 races after the snake. As the snake gets pulled upwards, 9 runs up its fabric body and plunges his knife into its body and slides down, ripping open its body. 7 falls free into 9's arms below. The snake's head gets crushed in between the cogs.Outside, the ragdolls prepare to push a barrel inside the tunnel. 1 is all for getting it done immediately, but 5 wants to wait for 7 and 9. They are noticed by a recon drone. Using 5's grappling gun, they rope it and start to pull it towards them.Inside, 7 and 9 are seen by "the brain", which sends mechanical spiders after them. 7 and 9 sprint into the tunnel and yell for the ragdolls outside to send in the barrel. 1 and 5 push the barrel after lighting the fuse into the tunnel. They've also connected the thread that's tied around the drone to the barrel. As the barrel (and drone) roll down the tunnel, 7 and 9 dodge it. The barrel knocks back all the spiders and falls inside the factory where "the brain" can only watch helplessly as it explodes. The factory erupts in flames as the ragdolls escape.The ecstatic ragdolls start to celebrate. 3 and 4 put on a record player. 1 feels a bit downcast. As 5 chases a runaway LP record he notices, to his horror, that "the brain" is still alive. It chases him up the hill. 9 tries to run to his rescue but 1 restrains him. "The brain" grabs 5 and drains his life force, regaining its strength.The ragdolls run towards a rickety bridge, with "the brain" behind them. 6 notices that the dead ragdolls' souls are trapped inside "the brain". While they run easily across the bridge, "the brain" is too heavy and the bridge gives way under it. As it tries to pull itself up, 6 tells them not to destroy it or else their friends will be trapped inside it forever. "The brain" falls, but grabs 6 on the way down. 6 yells for them to go to the "First Room" for "the source". The others watch helplessly as "the brain" drains him.9 wants to go to the "First Room" to find out more on how to save the trapped souls. But the others want to destroy "the brain".9 runs off to the "First Room" (where they were made) alone. There, he sees schematics for "the brain" and the ragdolls. He notices a holographic projector marked "9". He turns it on and a hologram of the Scientist comes on. The Scientist tells 9 about the Brain, which is actually made up of his intelligence. He then tells 9 that he and the rest of the rag dolls are pieces of his (the Scientist's) soul/personalities and that each of the dolls represented different sides of the Scientist's personality. He shows 9 the "Talisman" and a sequence in which to turn off the Brain. 9 was his last ragdoll before he died draining his soul into him.9 runs over to the others who are busy hurling bombs at the rapidly advancing Brain. 9 tells them that the Scientist is the Source. However, 1 continues attacking the Brain. As the Brain approaches, they run. The Brain gets stuck in some barbed wire allowing the ragdolls to hide in a tunnel. 9 tells the others that they have to get the Talisman from the Brain. The Brain sets fire to the boxes of bullets in the tunnel causing a huge explosion. The ragdolls fall scattered around, bruised but alive. 1 however has lost a few fingers.9 bravely goes to face the Brain. Just as the Brain is about to drain 9, 1 pushes him out of the way sacrificing himself and loses his life force. 9 grabs the Talisman off the Brain, hits the sequence, and aims the Talisman at the Brain. The Brain screams as the souls are transferred to the Talisman. Now soulless it explodes.3.. 4.. and 7 find 9 slumped on the ground. He's alive. 7 tells him "he did it", but he responds "not yet".They light a fire and set 5 positions around it for their 5 fallen friends each with their respective numbers on them. 9 hits the sequence on the Talisman. One by one the souls are released glowing green. 8 is the first one out. He smiles at them. 6 comes out next and taking 8 by the hand, he leads him to his place. 2 and 5 come out together and 1 is the last out. He gives 9 a grateful nod and they all go to their respective positions. 5 lingers a bit and puts his hand on 9's shoulder then turns and walks over to his respective "grave". Then they all evaporate to smoke and float up to the heavens finally free. The sky turns a bright green and starts to swirl, then it begins to rain. 3.. 4.. 7 and 9 are below looking up at the sky as rain drops down on then. 7 asks 9 what will happen now. 9 answers he's not sure what happens next, but this world is theirs. It's what they make of it.The rain drops hit the "camera" and a closeup of the drops show green microorganisms thriving in the water indicating that life will once again flourish in the world....someday....
Shane Acker
Director(s)
Pamela Pettler
Shane Acker
Writer(s)
Timur Bekmambetov
producer
Tim Burton
producer
Mary Clayton
consulting producer
Dana Ginsburg
producer
Jinko Gotoh
co-producer
Jim Lemley
producer
Marci Levine
co-producer
Graham Moloy
associate producer
David J. Steinberg
head of studio: Starz Animation
Matthew Teevan
animation production
Producer(s)
Deborah Lurie
Composer(s)
1 (voice)
Christopher Plummer
2 (voice)
Martin Landau
5 (voice)
John C. Reilly
6 (voice)
Crispin Glover
7 (voice)
Jennifer Connelly
8 / Radio Announcer (voice)
Fred Tatasciore
9 (voice)
Elijah Wood
The Scientist (voice)
Alan Oppenheimer
Dictator (voice)
Tom Kane
Newscaster (voice)
Helen Wilson
A rag doll that awakens in a post-apocalyptic future holds the key to humanity's salvation.
Director(s)
Shane Acker
Writer(s)
producer
Tim Burton
producer
Mary Clayton
consulting producer
Dana Ginsburg
producer
Jinko Gotoh
co-producer
Jim Lemley
producer
Marci Levine
co-producer
Graham Moloy
associate producer
David J. Steinberg
head of studio: Starz Animation
Matthew Teevan
animation production
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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