Above is the poster for Clint ‘get off my lawn‘ Eastwood’s new film – Invictus, one of the favorite’s for this years Best Picture at the Oscar’s (even though I havn’t seen any reviews or screening feedback). Invictus stars Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar the South African Rugby team captain

Based on the book by John Carlin Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed a Nation, it is the story of South Africa’s bid to host the Rugby World Cup in 1995, and then the home team’s campaign in the competition to win the trophy (if you know your stuff they beat New Zealand 15-12 in the final). The film is set just a few short years after the end of apartheid, Mandela’s release from prison and election as President, at the time and still to an extent now the country was deeply and bitterly divided, which threatened at times to scupper the campaign. The trailer should be released within the next two weeks

Invictus is in UK cinemas February 5, 2010, and in the US December 11th just in time for Oscar season.