It's Matt Damon trailer day as Warner Bros. debuts the trailer to his next film Invictus [INVIC] on Apple. Damon [MDAMO] stars as the Captain of the South African Rugby team who joined forces with newly elected President Nelson Mandela, a role Morgan Freeman [MFREE] was born to play, to rally and unite their country after the end of Apartheid. Hollywood has been trying to craft a biographical drama of Mandela for years, but South Africa's tumultuous socio-political history proved too dense. The 1995 Rugby World Cup provided an uplifing sports story that should make the drama more accessible for mainstream audiences. Directed by Clint Eastwood [CEAST], Invictus has the pedigree to be a major year's end awards contender.
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