Invictus Preview Clip

Preview clips of Clint Eastwood's Invictus are now available:

Invictus - We need inspiration
Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) tells Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) about his experience in the Olympics.


Invictus - Chester!
Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) and the team go to a black ghetto to teach rugby.

More clips of Invictus below:


Invictus - Thinking about tomorrow
Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) ponders the character of Nelson Mandela.


Invictus - Helped me to stand
Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) talks about a poem that inspired him in prison.


Invictus - The people are wrong
Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) bucks the counsel of an advisor.


Invictus - Reconciliation starts here
Jason Tshabalala (Tony Kgoroge) is not happy about his security detail.


Invictus - Fellow South Africans
Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) defies the crowd.
The world, and especially Africa, needs more great men like Nelson Mandela! I wait with impatience for the movie Invictus.
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Invictus TV Spot

Two TV spots of Invictus are now available:

Invictus - President Nelson Mandela takes office in Pretoria.


Invictus - He wants us to win the world cup.
I love the tagline of Invictus: "His people needed a leader he gave them a champion!"
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Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar

Let's compare the actors Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon to the real Nelson Mandela and Francois Pienaar:

Nelson Mandela - Morgan Freeman

Francois Pienaar - Matt Damon
The main actors were quite well selected, especially Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela: there is a striking resemblance!
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Invictus Trailer

The first official trailer of Invictus has finally been released:

Clint Eastwood is bringing us a damn inspiring film! But to be fair, the movie Invictus owes also a lot to the performances of Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon.
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Invictus Poster

Here below the first official poster of Invictus, the upcoming biopic directed by Clint Eastwood:
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INVICTUS

His people needed a leader
he gave them a champion
Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman will amaze us in their roles respectively as Rugby man Francois Pienaar and South African President Nelson Mandela. Impatient to watch the movie Invictus!
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Invictus Movie Pictures

Here below a few pictures of Invictus, the upcoming biopic movie directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman as South African President Nelson Mandela:
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Hard to recognize Matt Damon with that blond hair. On the other hand, Morgan Freeman didn't have to change much to look like Nelson Mandela!
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Invictus movie directed by Clint Eastwood

Ever thought that Morgan Freeman and Nelson Mandela somewhat look alike? Well you're not alone! And Morgan Freeman is even going to play the role of Nelson Mandela in the upcoming movie Invictus, a biopic based on Nelson Mandela's life during the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa.

Thanks to this official picture below we may have a first look at Morgan freeman as President Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Rugby man Francois Pienaar:

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Movie Plot:
"Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa`s rugby team (Damon) 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."

Movie Cast:
- Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar, the captain of South Africa`s rugby team
- Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, the then newly elected President of South Africa
- Scott Eastwood
- Zak Feaunati as Jonah Lomu
- Grant L. Roberts as Ruben Kruger

The film is based on the book 'Playing The Enemy Nelson Mandela And The Game That Changed a Nation' by John Carlin. Invictus should be released on December 11, 2009.

Even if I admire what Nelson Mandela did in his life, I would not have been much interested in biopic. But with Clint Eastwood directing the project, I can but give a try to the movie Invictus!
:)