INVICTUS Inspiring Trailer

What is this, the Matt Damon day? Earlier today we just watched the trailer for GREEN ZONE and now Apple has the trailer for INVICTUS, a true story drama directed by the great Clint Eastwood. By the way, my friend apparently has met the legendary filmmaker and she said he wasn’t much a friendly old man.
The trailer does have the sign ‘Oscar worthy’ written all over it especially Morgan Freeman‘s portrayal of Nelson Mandela. Just like Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon, Freeman doesn’t aim to appear like Mandela, he wants to embody his charisma. And Damon’s accent is nothing like Leo DiCaprio‘s in Blood Diamond. INVICTUS might end up as one of the 10 nominations for Best Picture of the Year but too soon to tell.I just hope this biopic won’t end up as bland and ordinary as Amelia.. Watch the trailer after the jump…

The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President 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 underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.

INVICTUS opens December 11th, 2009