9 Songs is a 2004 British film, directed by Michael Winterbottom. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the story of the film. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Great Britain - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Michael Winterbottom (born March 29, 1961 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is a British filmmaker. ...

The film was controversial on its original release due to its sexual content, which included unsimulated footage of the two leads having intercourse. The release sparked a debate over whether scenes of unsimulated sex artistically contribute to the film's meaning or overstep the border into pornography. Nonetheless, the film received an 18 certificate from the British Board of Film Classification and became the most explicit mainstream film to be so rated in that country. A pair of lions having sexual intercourse in the Maasai Mara, Kenya. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ... The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is the organisation responsible for film classification (see Motion picture rating systems and History of British Film Certificates) within the United Kingdom. ...

Plot summary

The movie tells the modern love story of a young couple: Matt, a climate scientist, and Lisa, an American exchange student. The story is framed in a personal review from Matt's perspective when he goes for a trip to the Antarctic. Their main common interest is a passion for live music and they frequently attend rock concerts together. Both of them know that their short and intense relationship will come to an end when Lisa returns home to America. Climatology is the science that studies climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... An exchange student is a student (almost always of high school age) who temporarily goes abroad and lives with a host family in a foreign country, and attend school there. ... World map showing location of Antarctica A satellite composite image of Antarctica For the Kim Stanley Robinson novel see Antarctica (novel) Antarctica (from Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ...

Main cast

• Kieran O'Brien — Matt
• Margo Stilley — Lisa

External links

• 9 songs (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411705/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Direct link to the official film webpage, UK version (http://www.tiscali.co.uk/events/2005/9songs/main.html) This site was converted and localised by UK actor and designer Adam Jennings