Both Gordon Brown and Nelson Mandela name the poem Invictus as a favourite – and no wonder
Invictus, meaning unconquered, is the name of Clint Eastwood's new film about Nelson Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa that was won by the Springboks; a victory celebrated by black people as well as white and generally recognised as the country's first important symbol of national unification. Eastwood directs, Morgan Freeman is Mandela, Matt Damon plays the Springboks' captain, Francois Pienaar. At their first meeting, when success on the field is still far from certain, the president tells the captain of a favourite poem that inspired him during his 18 years of imprisonment on Robben Island. The poem is Invictus by We (William Ernest) Henley, which had helped him "stand up when all I wanted to do was lie down".
British audiences will get the chance to see Invictus early next month,...
Invictus, meaning unconquered, is the name of Clint Eastwood's new film about Nelson Mandela and the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa that was won by the Springboks; a victory celebrated by black people as well as white and generally recognised as the country's first important symbol of national unification. Eastwood directs, Morgan Freeman is Mandela, Matt Damon plays the Springboks' captain, Francois Pienaar. At their first meeting, when success on the field is still far from certain, the president tells the captain of a favourite poem that inspired him during his 18 years of imprisonment on Robben Island. The poem is Invictus by We (William Ernest) Henley, which had helped him "stand up when all I wanted to do was lie down".
British audiences will get the chance to see Invictus early next month,...
- 1/16/2010
- by Ian Jack
- The Guardian - Film News
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