This weekend, audiences across America will begin applauding Invictus. The Clint Eastwood-directed film stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela on a quest to rally post-apartheid South Africans around the Springboks, …
Read Original Story: South Africa’s Unifying Scrum – Santa Barbara Independent
There’s only a single brand-new wide release this week, and it’s "Invictus." Set in post-apartheid South Africa, the story follows Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) as he joins with the country’s national rugby team captain Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon) …
Read Original Story: 'Invictus' Dominates In This Week's Box Office Poll – MTV.com
I hugged Morgan Freeman. I now know what becomes a legend most. A pinstripe suit that’s soft as a baby’s behind. Between schlepping to DC for one night, a Q&A here the night before, LA the next night to premiere his film "Invictus," we …
Read Original Story: Mandela gets his wish – New York Post
Coming off his turn as the doughy whistle blower in "The Informant," Matt Damon had a lot of work to do to play the South African rugby team captain in Clint Eastwood’s "Invictus." "This film is the opposite of ‘The Informant’ as far as …
Read Original Story: Damon works for 'Invictus' role – Variety
Matt Damon has plenty of reasons to thank Clint Eastwood for keeping his wife Luciana happy. "I have come to judge good jobs and good directors by how my wife feels about them," Damon, 39, told guests at Tuesday’s Museum of the Moving Image …
Read Original Story: Matt Damon: Clint Eastwood Makes My Wife Happy – People Magazine
One day when they were in South Africa shooting a movie together, Matt Damon and Clint Eastwood went out for a beer. Several months later, Damon jokes about the evening. “I’m not sure if you remember,” he says, flashing a broad smile …
Read Original Story: Three Men And A Dream – Parade Magazine
To be a successful director in Hollywood, you need talent; a vision; a knack for picking the right material and projects and stars; and all the leadership qualities necessary to marshal and inspire a small army of actors, crew members and …
Read Original Story: Eastwood practices fiscal discipline – Variety
The movie tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team (Damon) to help unite their country. Morgan told Leonard about filming on location in South Africa’s Ellis Park …
Read Original Story: Matt Damon, Clint Eastwood & Morgan Freeman Dish on New Movie – NewsOK.com
Nelson Mandela presenting the world cup to François Pienaar in 1995. Photograph: Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP It certainly has a Hollywood ending. South Africans celebrate from townships to townhouses, white policemen hold a black boy aloft, and president …
Read Original Story: South African rugby still looking for happy ending, despite film portrayal – guardian.co.uk
It seems an odd combination: Nelson Mandela’s uplifting life story, and … rugby? But the new film "Invictus" weaves together the life of the South African president with his nation’s upset in the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Morgan Freeman plays Mandela, …
Read Original Story: Best bets: Mandela meets Matt Damon – msnbc.com
