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Invictus (2009)

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Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. Newly elected President... The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. Newly elected President 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 underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. --© Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Clint Eastwood

Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Clint Eastwood

Director: Clint Eastwood

Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Anthony Peckham
Producer: Lori McCreary, Robert Lorenz, Mace Neufeld
Studio: Warner Bros.

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Seasoned vet that he is, Eastwood simplifies things with one hand and milks them with the other. Much the way Nelson Mandela, for the sake of his country, made sure he squeezed every drop of inspiration he could out of the Springboks.

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12/01/09
John P. McCarthy
John P. McCarthy
Boxoffice Magazine

It never hammers at its audience, which would have been incredibly easy to do with material like this. Eastwood's touch is exactly what this subject matter needed.

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11/30/09
Drew McWeeny
Drew McWeeny
HitFix

Inspirational on the face of it, Clint Eastwood's film has a predictable trajectory, but every scene brims with surprising details that accumulate into a rich fabric of history, cultural impressions and emotion.

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11/29/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
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November 30, 2009: Warners Will Make Clint Eastwood Fans' Days on Feb. 16 Opens in new window
Time to bust open your piggy banks, Clint Eastwood fans: Warner Bros. is planning the release of a massive 19-disc DVD collection of the actor/director's work. More...

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October 28, 2009: Trailer Bulletin: Invictus Opens in new window
How do you get Americans to watch rugby? Make it a big part of a film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Matt Damon. The first trailer for December's "Invictus" is now online. More...

September 18, 2009: Eastwood and Damon Reuniting in Hereafter Opens in new window
Matt Damon will reunite with his "Invictus" director, Clint Eastwood, for "Hereafter," a supernatural thriller from "Frost/Nixon" writer Peter Morgan. More...

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