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7.2Newly 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.
Cast
- Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela
- Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar
- Tony Kgoroge as Jason Tshabalala
- Patrick Mofokeng as Linga Moonsamy
- Matt Stern as Hendrick Booyens
- Julian Lewis Jones as Etienne Feyder
Themes
- sports
- stadium
- south africa
- apartheid
- idealism
- nelson mandela
- based on true story
- idealist
- rugby
- president
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
172,199 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
76%
Metacritic
74/100
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 12 wins & 38 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Clint Eastwood
- Screenplay by
- Anthony Peckham
- Based on
- Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation , 2008 book, by John Carlin
- Produced by
- Clint Eastwood Lori McCreary Robert Lorenz Mace Neufeld
- Starring
- Morgan Freeman Matt Damon
- Cinematography
- Tom Stern
- Edited by
- Joel Cox Gary D. Roach
- Music by
- Kyle Eastwood Michael Stevens
- Production companies
- Spyglass Entertainment Revelations Entertainment Mace Neufeld Productions Malpaso Productions Liberty Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide), Times Media Films (now Empire Entertainment, South Africa)
- Release date
- 11 December 2009 ( 2009-12-11 )
- Running time
- 135 minutes
- Countries
- United States South Africa
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50–60 million
- Box office
- $122.2 million
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Official website
WarnerBros.com | Invictus | Movies
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Invictus
- Genre
- sport film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Afrikaans
- Main subject
- Rainbow Nation
- Creator
- Clint Eastwood
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
- Screenwriter
- Anthony Peckham
- Cast member
- Patrick Mofokeng
- Producer
- Clint Eastwood
- Cinematographer
- Tom Stern
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- Filming location
- Johannesburg
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 584053
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- rugby union
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/movies/invictus
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- executive producer
- Morgan Freeman
- film editor
- Gary D. Roach
- title
- Invictus
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- John Carlin
- box office
- 122200000
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 74/100
- publication date
- 2010-02-18
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