MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Invictus
The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team 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.
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In 1990 Johannesburg, South Africa, an all-white rugby team practices on the grassy pitch, resplendent in green-and-gold uniforms, the national colors. Across the road on a muddy field, weedy black youths in nondescript shirts kick around a soccer ball.
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MPAA rating:
PG-13
for brief strong language
Cast:
Langley Kirkwood; Morgan Freeman; Robert Hobbs; Patrick Holland; Bonnie Henna; Scott Eastwood; Matt Damon; Grant Roberts
Directed by:
Clint Eastwood
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Drama Running time:
02:12
Release date:
2009
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This was a really good movie. But, of course, critics always have to tear everything part. I stopped listening to them when they all told me how good Titanic was.