Adapted from John Carlin’s book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Changed a Nation, Clint Eastwood’s taut political drama sees an accomplished, Oscar fishing Morgan Freeman star as the embattled anti-apartheid South African leader as he attempts to use the 1995 Rugby World Cup to unite a racially divided, conflictravaged state. Matt Damon plays Springbok captain François Pienaar.
Country of origin: USA.
Year of production: 2009
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
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An awesome film. You can't help but feel warm hearted after watching this. Morgan Freeman was amazing as Nelson Mandela - I almost forgot it wasn't the real man!
Posted on Sat 02 Jan 2010 16:25:35