Year in Film: Clint Eastwood Tackles Mandela, the Hereafter and Approaching 80

Clint Eastwood directs Matt Damon in Invictus.

Eastwood works on the London set of Hereafter, due out in December.

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"You see him as a lone figure in the car," Eastwood says. "You can tell he's tired. This is just one hurdle, and you get the feeling he's got a long way to go. You know, he was 75 when he took over as president, which is really old, even by today's standards" — curious words coming from a man who, six months shy of 80 himself, seems committed to a more feverish pace of work than ever.