Release Date: December 11th, 2009
DVD Release Date: May 18th, 2010
PG-13|2 hr 14 min
Plot Summary
Following the fall of apartheid, newly elected President Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) faces a South Africa that is racially and economically divided. Believing he can unite his countrymen through the universal language of sport, Mandela joins forces with Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), captain of the rugby team, to rally South Africans behind a bid for the 1995 World Cup Championship.
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng, Matt Stern, Julian Lewis Jones, Adjoa Andoh, Marguerite Wheatley
Director: Clint Eastwood
Production Co: Malpaso Company, Revelations Entertainment, Mace Neufeld Productions
Distributors: Warner Bros.
Keywords: Competition, Intense, 1990s, Underdog, Rivalry, Inspiring
