INVICTUS
The spirit of one of the most dramatic and memorable sporting occasions ever witnessed – the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup – came to London’s Leicester Square with the UK Premiere of INVICTUS at the Odeon West End on Sunday 31st January. Director Clint Eastwood accompanied his stars Morgan Freeman (Nelson Mandela) and Matt Damon (Springbok captain Francois Pienaar) along a specially-extended red carpet. Co-stars Adjoah Andoh, Julian Lewis Jones and Penny Downie also attended with writer John Carlin, producers Lori McCreary and Rob Lorenz, together with an international scrum of rugby players, including Francois Pienaar himself and Izaak Faeunati (who plays Jonah Lomu in the film), with Aaron Mauger, Andy Gomersall, Simon Shaw, Neil Back, Brian Moore, David Flatman, Jean de Villiers, Lawrence Dallaglio, Lee Mears, Schalk Brits, Tom Varndell, Seilala Mapusua, Lee Byrne, Simon Shaw, Jonathan Humphries, David Lemi, Topsy Ojo and Ugo Monye.
INVICTUS, directed by four time Oscar winner Clint Eastwood, tells the inspiring true story of Nelson Mandela, then South Africa’s newly elected president uniting the post-apartheid nation as they prepare to host the 1995 World Cup.The Springboks national Rugby team become both champions and a galvanizing force of hope, as Mandela - an extraordinary performance by Morgan Freeman, together with Springboks captain Francois Pienaar- played by Matt Damon, unite South Africans through the universal language of sport.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Spyglass Entertainment, a Revelations Entertainment/Mace Neufeld production, a Malpaso production, INVICTUS, starring Oscar® winners Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby, The Dark Knight) and Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, the Bourne franchise). The film is produced by Eastwood, Lori McCreary, Robert Lorenz and Mace Neufeld. The screenplay is by Anthony Peckham, based upon the book Playing the Enemy, by John Carlin. Freeman, Tim Moore, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum are the executive producers.
INVICTUS is released by Warner Bros. Pictures and will open in the UK on February 5, 2010
Photo by Jon Furniss
Photo by Zak Hussein
Photo by Jon Furniss
Photo by Jo Davidson
Photo by Zak Hussein
Photo by Jon Furniss