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Invictus - What Real Heroes Look Like

Mal Fletcher
Posted 05 March 2010		 Full version    Print version    PDA version    

If you believe the news media hype, celebrating Oscar week has become an almost religious observance. It's the week when actors, directors and technicians are feted like modern-day saints. In interview after interview on the infamous red carpet even their most inane comments are played and replayed as if dripping with holy wisdom. In the midst of all the hype this year, one movie serves as a timely reminder of what real-life heroism looks like. Invictus traces the lead up to the rugby World Cup in 1995, treating us along the way to a... Click for more

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