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Invictus & Mandela: Is it Hollywood or is it History? “It always seems impossible until it's done,” Nelson Mandela(Nelson Mandela Quotes). I watched the movie invictus. I researched on the events, time period, and the people. In this paper I will prove that the film, Invictus, was historically accurate by discussing the true historical people and events, summarizing the movie, and comparing and contrasting how the movie portrayed the true people and events. Nelson Mandela was born from a long line of leaders. His father was the chief of the Thembu people. He went to an all black University(Nelson Mandela, the man). He joined the African National Congress in 1944.He married Evelyn mase on july 15, 1944. They had their first child in 1995(Nelson …show more content…

When Mandela gets to his office he has a meeting with everyone telling them they can all stay and continue working. Mandela goes to a rugby game and gets booed. As the game is going, there is a group of people voting to get rid of the springboks. When Mandela goes for his walk he gets asked about his family and he gets upset. Mandela is trying to get his people to like rugby and the springboks but his daughter doesn't like what he's doing politically. Mandela invites Francois Pienaar for tea and Francis finds out Mandela wants them to win the world cup. Mandela wants the team to go around the country and make kids inspired about rugby. The captain tries to get the team to learn the national anthem. Mandela gives a poem to Francois Pienaar. The springboks moves on to the finals. A plane flies over the arena and wishes the team good luck. Mandela goes down to the field and gets cheered. The springboks sings the national anthem. The game is tied so they have to add more time. The springboks gets a kick, score is fifteen to twelve, the time runs out and the springboks wins. Mandela and Francois thank each other for what the did for the country. Mandela tells his driver not to hurry because he enjoys watching the people celebrate(Invictus. …show more content…

In the movie Invictus, Mandela gave Francois the invictus poem. In real life Mandela gave Francois the 1910 speech by Theodore Roosevelt.This really helped Francois get his team motivated to win the world cup. The movie was based on the poem invictus and mandela didn’t give Francois the poem(Mandela). In the movie, there was a pilot who flew a plane over the stadium. The crowd and security guards didn’t know they were going to do it. But in reality, the guards and the crowd knew it was going to happen. The pilot wanted to make the crowd and the players energized. The South African Airways said that they planned the course to fly over the stadium and flew many times with light planes(south african

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