Invictus

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biographical film film sports drama film

Invictus is a 2009 sports drama film directed by Clint Eastwood that tells the story of Nelson Mandela’s use of the South African rugby team to help unite the country after the end of apartheid.

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Invictus Games 1
Invictus means unconquered 1
film "Invictus" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical film ⓘ
film ⓘ
sports drama film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture ⓘ
basedOn 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
real events ⓘ
cinematographyBy Tom Stern ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsEvent 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
surface form: 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa
director Clint Eastwood ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Gary D. Roach ⓘ
Joel Cox ⓘ
featuresSport rugby union ⓘ
follows Nelson Mandela’s use of the South African national rugby team to promote unity ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
sports drama ⓘ
hasReleaseDate 2009-12-11 ⓘ
hasTagline His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion. ⓘ
hasTitle Invictus self-link ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject national reconciliation ⓘ
post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ
rugby union ⓘ
musicBy Kyle Eastwood ⓘ
Michael Stevens ⓘ
narrativeFocus Mandela’s support of the Springboks to unite South Africa ⓘ
portrays 1995 Rugby World Cup ⓘ
surface form: 1995 Rugby World Cup Final

Nelson Mandela ⓘ
South Africa national rugby union team ⓘ
portraysCharacter Francois Pienaar ⓘ
Nelson Mandela ⓘ
producer Clint Eastwood ⓘ
releaseYear 2009 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 134 ⓘ
screenwriter Anthony Peckham ⓘ
setInLocation South Africa ⓘ
setInPeriod post-apartheid era ⓘ
stars Adjoa Andoh ⓘ
Julian Lewis Jones ⓘ
Matt Damon ⓘ
Morgan Freeman ⓘ
Tony Kgoroge ⓘ
surface form: Patrick Mofokeng

Tony Kgoroge ⓘ

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this entity surface form: film "Invictus"
this entity surface form: Invictus Games
Invictus → hasTitle → Invictus self-link ⓘ
Clint Eastwood → notableWork → Invictus ⓘ
Matt Damon → notableWork → Invictus ⓘ
Morgan Freeman → notableWork → Invictus ⓘ
Scott Eastwood → notableWork → Invictus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invictus means unconquered