Disney boss Joe Roth had a conversation with recording executive Kathy Nelson who recommended John Cusack and his writing and producing partners D. V. DeVincentis and Steve Pink adapt the book.

迪斯尼“试金石影业”的老板乔·鲁斯与唱片公司主管凯西·尼尔森谈话后，敲定由凯西推荐的约翰·库萨克担任本片男一号、其合伙人德文森提斯与史蒂夫对原著进行改编。

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Serbia's Milan Jovanovic (center) scores past Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (right) and Arne Friedrich during a Group D match at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth June 18, 2010.

塞尔维亚的米兰诺维奇（中心）分数过去德国门将曼努埃尔诺伊尔（右）和弗里德里希在D组在纳尔逊曼德拉湾，伊丽莎白港2010年6月18日体育场比赛。

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First of all I was there at the inauguration of Nelson Mandela, with Prince Philip, with Douglas Hurd and it was a remarkable, a remarkable time because I'd been with Nelson just a year before and he didn't look as though anything like that was ever going to happen.

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Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, in a letter to the president last month.

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But perhaps the final word should be left to Oborne, who describes D'Oliveira's meeting with Nelson Mandela a few years after a coaching trip to South Africa.

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