History Film / Invictus

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, the "Good luck Bokke" plane flew over the stadium, twice in fact. People who didn't live that moment (and specially the post-9/11 generation) will express their disbelief [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVMlHfloHA about the stunt]]
* UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra: The movie starts at the very end.

* SpotOfTea: "The English have given us many things, including Rugby, but afternoon tea... that is the greatest."

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: As per real-life, Mandela is seen as a liberator by most, and was in jail for acting against the government. The first scene shows a rugby coach observing Mandela's release, calling him a terrorist, and predicting this will be the day the country goes to the dogs. Most of the movie focuses on what happens when a freedom fighter actually takes charge, and works to make the transition into a functioning government, with a lot of lingering racial disharmony.

February 11, 1990 -- Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) finally walks free after twenty-seven years behind bars. Four years later, he became the first black president of post-apartheid UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, bringing with him a platform of reconciliation between the white minority, who benefited the most from decades of racial segregation, and the black majority, who in turn suffered the most.

* NotableOriginalMusic: "9,000 Days Invictus" and "Colorblind", both written by Creator/ClintEastwood and performed by the South African ''a cappella'' group Overtone.

* BigGame

* HuddleShot: Several.

* OscarBait

* ThoseTwoGuys: Two of the bodyguards appear recurrently, showing the evolution of feelings between blacks and whites (from hostility, to tolerance, to a budding friendship).

* TheNineties: Set at the beginning of the decade.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: Yes, the "Good luck Bokke" plane flew over the stadium, twice in fact. People who didn't live that moment (and specially the post 9/11 generation) will express their disbelief [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVMlHfloHA about the stunt]]

** TruthInTelevision. Look up some footage of him against England in that world cup.

* ForegoneConclusion: It's [[BasedOnATrueStory based on a true story]], after all.

* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: As per real-life, Mandela is seen as a liberator by most, and was in jail for acting against the government. The first scene shows a rugby coach observing Mandela'srelease, calling him a terorrist, and predicting this will be the day the country goes to the dogs. Most of the movie focuses on what happens when a freedom fighter actually takes charge, and works to make the transition into a functioning government, with a lot of lingering racial disharmony.

* YourTerroristAreOurFreedomFighters: As per real-life, Mandela is seen as a liberator by most, and was in jail for acting against the government. The first scene shows a rugby coach observing Mandela'srelease, calling him a terorrist, and predicting this will be the day the country goes to the dogs. Most of the movie focuses on what happens when a freedom fighter actually takes charge, and works to make the transition into a functioning government, with a lot of lingering racial disharmony.

->--'''William Ernest Henley''', ''Invictus''

* Aluminum Christmas Trees: Yes, the "Good luck Bokke" plane flew over stadium, twice in fact. People who didn't live that moment (and specially the post 9/11 generation) will express their disbelief [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVMlHfloHA about the stunt]]

* AlluminiumChristmasTrees: Yes, the "Good luck Bokke" plane flew over stadium, twice in fact. People who didn't live that moment (and specially the post 9/11 generation) will express their disbelief [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVMlHfloHA about the stunt]]

* TokenMinority: Chester Williams was the only black player for the Springboks in 1995. This is actually TruthInTelevision.

* SideBet: Mandela and New Zealand PM Bolger have a bet on the final match. Bolger first offers all his country's sheep against all the gold of South Africa. Mandela chuckled and instead suggests the wager be a nice case of wine.

February 11, 1990 -- Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) finally walks free after twenty-seven years behind bars. Four years later, he became the first black president of post-apartheid South Africa, bringing with him a platform of reconciliation between the white minority, who benefited the most from decades of racial segregation, and the black majority, who in turn suffered the most.

'''''Invictus''''' is a 2009 film directed by Creator/ClintEastwood, starring Creator/MorganFreeman and Creator/MattDamon.

* TheApartheidEra: The movie starts at the very end.