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11/12/2009 Drama, History 2h 14m
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His people needed a leader. He gave them a champion.

Overview

Newly elected President Nelson 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 union team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.

  1. Clint Eastwood

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Morgan Freeman

    Nelson Mandela

  2. Matt Damon

    Francois Pienaar

  3. Tony Kgoroge

    Jason Tshabalala

  4. Patrick Mofokeng

    Linga Moonsamy

  5. Matt Stern

    Hendrick Booyens

  6. Julian Lewis Jones

    Etienne Feyder

  7. Adjoa Andoh

    Brenda Mazibuko

  8. Marguerite Wheatley

    Nerine

  9. Leleti Khumalo

    Mary

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Reviews

A review by Shreyance Parakh
Written by Shreyance Parakh on 2017-05-04
**It's much more than JUST rugby**

Though the movie doesn't give much insights into the life of the living legend(still breathing among us when I saw this movie) known as **NELSON MANDELA**, it sure tells us a lot about what the man is made of.That **we are the master of our fate, we are the captain of our soul**.

Forgiveness is a mighty powerful weapon that can make or break nations.How a sport can unite a divided nation into ONE, it is a well known fact but to actually be able to do that in a country like SOUTH Africa,at a time when it was ready to rise from the ashes or to fall into i...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$60,000,000.00

Revenue
$122,400,000.00

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