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| 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 |
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| Cinematography | Tom Stern |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (Worldwide) Times Media Films (now Empire Entertainment, South Africa)[3] |
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Running time | 135 minutes[2] |
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| Language | English[2] |
| Budget | $50–60 million[4][5] |
| Box office | $122.2 million[4] |
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). The story is based on the 2008 John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation about the events in South Africa before and during the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The Springboks were not expected to perform well, the team having only recently returned to high-level international competition following the dismantling of apartheid—the country was hosting the World Cup, thus earning an automatic entry. Freeman portrays South African President Nelson Mandela while Damon played Francois Pienaar, the captain of the Springboks, the South Africa rugby union team.[6]
Invictus was released in the United States on 11 December 2009. The title refers to the Roman divine epithet Invictus and may be translated from the Latin as "undefeated" or "unconquered". "Invictus" is also the title of a poem, referred to in the film, by British poet William Ernest Henley (1849–1903). The film was met with positive critical reviews and earned Academy Award nominations for Freeman (Best Actor) and Damon (Best Supporting Actor). The film grossed $122.2 million on a budget of $50–60 million.[4]
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- ^ Thompson, Anne (10 June 2009). "Produced By Conference: Are Boomers Abandoning Movies?". Variety. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Stephensen, Hunter (14 March 2009). "First Look: Clint Eastwood's The Human Factor with Matt Damon". Slash Film. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2009.