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Invictus (2009)
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng
Runtime134 min
Rating12A
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Newly elected President Nelson Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa's rugby union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
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Invictus (2009) is a critically acclaimed film directed by Clint Eastwood that dramatizes Nelson Mandela's efforts to unite South Africa through the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The film received praise for its nuanced portrayal of Mandela and the country's racial divisions, and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Morgan Freeman's performance as Mandela. With an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.4/10 on IMDb, the film resonated with audiences as an inspirational story of reconciliation.
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Fans of historical dramas and compelling character studies will appreciate Invictus, the 2009 film directed by Clint Eastwood that showcases the powerful performances of Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon as they depict Nelson Mandela's efforts to unite post-apartheid South Africa through the nation's rugby team and their journey to the 1995 World Cup.
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Invictus is a 2009 docudrama sports film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. It is the third collaboration between Eastwood and Freeman after Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), and the first between Eastwood and Damon, followed by Hereafter (2010). The story is based on the 2008 John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The national team, the Springboks, were not expected to perform well, the team having only recently returned to high-level international competition following the dismantling of apartheid—the country was hosting the World Cup, thus earning an automatic entry. Freeman portrays South African President Nelson Mandela while Damon played Francois Pienaar, the captain of the Springboks, the South Africa rugby union team.
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