"The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team 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 rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match."Mandela encouraged black South Africans to get behind the previously hated Springboks (the South African national rugby team) as South Africa hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
In reading about the film I found the following on Wikipedia.
Invictus, a 2009 film directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The title comes from the fact that Mandela had the poem written on a scrap of paper on his prison cell while he was incarcerated. In the movie, Mandela gives the Invictus poem to Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar, before the start of the Rugby World Cup. In reality, Mandela actually provided Pienaar with an extract from Theodore Roosevelt's "The Man in the Arena" speech from 1910
The poem is nice, the speech is a little convoluted and perhaps that is why the poem Invictus was used instead of the speech. No matter, Hollywood does that sort of thing.
Now as to the movie. It is a sports movie and I am not a sports fan but I really liked this movie. Perhaps because Nelson Mandela is one of my heroes. I have admired him for a long time and Morgan Freeman did a Masterful (read that Oscar wining) job in portraying this wonderful man. I highly recommend it.
When I got home Jon had been here and fixed and run the vacuum and Bailey has something new. Take a look.
Thanks for stopping by. Hugs, j
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