99+ Photos Action Adventure Biography Nelson Mandela, in his first term as President of South Africa, initiates a unique venture to unite the Apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Director Clint Eastwood Writers Anthony Peckham John Carlin Stars Morgan Freeman Matt Damon Tony Kgoroge Invictus is a 2009 biographical sports film directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, making it the third collaboration between Eastwood and Freeman after Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
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M organ Freeman has been cast as God - twice - so he evidently has no trouble projecting moral authority. The challenge of portraying Nelson Mandela, then, was not the size of the halo, but. Nelson Mandela 's (Morgan Freeman) release from prison and his ascent to a democratically-elected President of South Africa marks a radical change in the country. This change away from Apartheid will not be easy for anyone in the country, but Mandela must figure out how to galvanize the residents of the country together. Morgan Freeman explains what Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) was like and how the Nobel Peace Prize winner relied on a poem by William Ernest Henley ("Invictus"). From director Clint Eastwood, Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africas rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt.
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Showing all 14 items Jump to: Photos (14) Photos See also Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs Recently Viewed Invictus (2009) Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) faces a South Africa that is racially and economically divided. Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela. Keith Bernstein According to Mr. Freeman, his mission to portray Mr. Mandela on the screen began with a public invitation from the subject himself. At a. But Mandela, played with gravity, grace and a crucial spark of mischief by Morgan Freeman, knows that score-settling would be a disastrous course for a new and fragile democracy.
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These scenes are beautifully handled, and although Morgan Freeman is no Mandela lookalike, he gets just right that slight stoop, the rolling gait and the slow, decisive speech, and is soon in. Invictus brings an epic story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country..
London, England (CNN) -- He's played the president of the United States and he's played God twice, but that was nothing compared with the challenge of becoming Nelson Mandela, says actor. It was universally agreed that Morgan Freeman was the right actor (Mandela and he met and got along famously), but the story, financing and deal never came together. Eastwood made the film that did get made. It is a very good film.
Nelson Mandela's influence in movies
Morgan Freeman Nelson Mandela Among the many memorials in India that honor the former South African leader is a billboard that mistakenly features a photo of the actor. It's not the first. "W e need inspiration," declares Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in the midst of Clint Eastwood's ceremonial tale of the 1995 rugby World Cup in post-apartheid South Africa. Mandela is ostensibly.
