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Avatar Sees 45% Increase in Ticket Sales on Fandango Following Oscar Nominations
Avatar‘s nine Academy Award® nominations may have created an increased demand for tickets on Fandango, the nation’s leading moviegoer destination. “Avatar”, already the site’s top ticket-seller in company history, saw daily sales increase by 45% shortly after the Oscar ® nominations were announced this morning.
Moviegoers appear to be pleased with the concept of the Academy®’s new and expanded Best Picture category, which recognized such popular hits as “Avatar”, “The Blind Side”, “Up” and “District 9″, among others. In an online poll on Fandango, 83% of moviegoers say they like the fact that the category now includes 10 nominees.
In a separate survey posted on Fandango today, fans picked the movies they would have liked to have seen nominated in this year’s expanded category.
Invictus Review
“Invictus” is Latin for “undefeated” and comes from a poem by William Ernest Henley. Henley was twenty-six and confined to a hospital bed when he wrote the poem; his leg had been amputated just below the knee due to tuberculosis of the bone. Henley wrote the poem to state that despite a crippling and potentially life-ending situation, he would be unbowed and would bounce back stronger than ever before. The country of South Africa was in a similar period of recovery in the mid-1990′s. With apartheid having just been put to an end and Nelson Mandela elected to the office of the President. Mandela had served twenty-seven years in prison for being a leader of the anti-apartheid movement and upon his release was looked upon as a hero from anti-apartheid groups both in and out of the country…read more [411mania.com]
Clint Eastwood’s Invictus is just about what you would except from an inspirational sports story. But, as a film involving Nelson Mandela and the unification/healing of South Africa, it falls unfortunately short.
Eastwood is a ‘classical’ director in most every respect, and sometimes those instincts result in a film of unique power like Letters from Iwo Jima. Other times, they bring about accomplished but stilted ones like The Changeling or Flags of Our Fathers. For Invictus, the award-winning director peers into the South African situation and Mandela’s time as president and hones in on a particular event; the president’s 1995 support of the nation’s rugby team in the World Cup…read more [Atomic Popcorn]
New “Invictus” Photos
Movie Photo Gallery has been updated with new photos from “Invictus,” starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. You can check out bigger versions of each by clicking them below.
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” Trailer
Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for “Invictus,” starring Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Springboks captain Francois Pienaar.
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.
Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus” Poster
The first poster for director Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus” (formerly titled The Human Factor), starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman has been released.
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.
Morgan Freeman As Nelson Mandela In INVICTUS: First Look
Check out the first unofficial look at Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela from the upcoming Clint Eastwood-directed drama “Invictus,” previously titled “The Human Factor.” The new film’s title refers to a poem by William Ernest Henley that was often recited by Mandela.
The newest Eastwood’s project sees Matt Damon as rugby star Francois Pienaar, who created, along with Nelson Mandela (Freeman), an event that gave whites and blacks in South Africa a common cause to rally around as the country was trying to heal from the wounds of apartheid.
