The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Directed by

Kevin Macdonald

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom

Runtime

2h 01m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,389 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Scottish doctor goes to Uganda in the 1970s and becomes Idi Amin's personal physician. He gets drawn into the dictator's inner circle and witnesses the brutal reality of his regime.

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What happens

The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock. Based on Giles Foden's 1998 novel, its plot depicts the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin through the perspective of Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional Scottish doctor. The film stars Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, and Gillian Anderson. The title of the film refers to Amin's spurious claim of being the King of Scotland. The Last King of Scotland had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2006, and was released in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2007, and in Germany on 15 March 2007, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The film received positive reviews and grossed $48.4 million on a $6 million budget. For his performance as Idi Amin, Whitaker won an Academy Award for Best Actor, among other accolades. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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