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- 113 Minutes
- Warner Bros.
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated:
- Format: 2.35:1
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- Directed by Clint Eastwood
- Written by Anthony Peckham
- Starring Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
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He was imprisoned for 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 powerfully directs an uplifting film about a team and a people inspired to greatness. In a performance that won him an Oscar nomination, Morgan Freeman portrays Mandela, who asks the national rugby team captain (Matt Damon) and his underdog squad to do the impossible and win the World Cup. One team, one country.
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Won: Best Director, Best Actor (Freeman), 2009 National Board of Review
Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (Damon), Best Actor (Freeman), 2010 Academy Awards
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A noble and compassionate work that in its later scenes manages successfully to invest our emotions in the triumph of an important - if overlong! - sporting victory.
-- David Calhoun, TIME OUT
- More on Invictus:
- Official film Web site
- Profile of director Clint Eastwood