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INVICTUS (2009)

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THE BACK OF THE BOX
WHAT THE STUDIO WANTS YOU TO KNOW

    He was imprisoned 27 years for his heroic fight against apartheid. So what does Nelson Mandela do after he is elected president of South Africa? He rejects revenge, forgives his oppressors and finds hope of national unity in an unlikely place: the rugby field Clint Eastwood (the National Board of Review's 2009 Best Director choice) powerfully directs an uplifting film about a team and a people inspired to greatness. In a performance that won him NBR's Best Actor Award and an Oscar nomination, Morgan Freeman portrays Mandela, who asks the national rugby team captain (best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Matt Damon) and his underdog squad to do the impossible and win the World Cup. One team, one country. The universal language of sports has never spoken so thrillingly as in Eastwood's Invictus.

STARRING:

Morgan Freeman: Nelson Mandela
Matt Damon: François Pienaar

SCREENWRITER: Anthony Peckham

DIRECTOR: Clint Eastwood

RUNNING TIME: 133 minutes

STUDIO: Warner Brothers

Average Hollywood Guys Rating: B

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GIGGLES, GLOBES AND OSCARS
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

ACADEMY AWARDS
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Actor - Morgan Freeman
(nominated)

Best Supporting Actor - Matt Damon
(nominated)

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GOLDEN GIGGLES

No awards or nominations given to this film.

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GOLDEN GLOBES
(2 nominations and 0 wins)

Best Actor (Drama) - Morgan Freeman
(nominated)

Best Supporting Actor - Matt Damon
(nominated)

Best Director - Clint Eastwood
(nominated)

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THE GEEK BOX
TRIVIA TO IMPRESS YOUR EASILY IMPRESSED FRIENDS

• This movie is based on the book Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela And The Game That Made A Nation written by Josh Carlin.
• The title of this movie comes from the title of a poem of the same name written by William Ernest Henley in 1875. The word itself is latin for "unbeaten".
• When first consulted by Nelson Mandela, he said that the only person he felt that could accurately portray him was Morgan Freeman, as a result he was the first person that was asked to play the part. Freeman himself had been trying for years to adapt Mandela's biography A Long Walk To Freedom for unsuccessfully for years and jumped at the chance to play the part. He flew to South Africa and personally asked the former President permission to play him in the movie.
• Matt Damon met with the real Francois Pienaar and also took rugby training from Chester Williams, one of the players on the 1996 World Cup Team.

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