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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.
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The Last King of Scotland is a novel by journalist Giles...
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The Last King of Scotland: Directed by Kevin Macdonald. With Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson. Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
The Last King of Scotland is a novel by journalist Giles Foden, published by Faber and Faber in 1998. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel, which interweaves fiction and historical fact, is written as the memoir of a fictional Scottish doctor in Amin's employ.
- Giles Foden
- 1998
In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) graduates from medical school in Scotland. With dull prospects at home, he decides to seek adventure abroad by working at a Ugandan missionary clinic run by Dr. David Merrit (Adam Kotz) and his wife, Sarah (Gillian Anderson).
Thus, Queen Anne became the last monarch of the ancient kingdoms of Scotland and England and the first of Great Britain, although the kingdoms had shared a monarch since 1603 (see Union of the Crowns ). Her uncle Charles II was the last monarch to be crowned in Scotland, at Scone in 1651.
Modern English Name (modern Gaelic Name) ...EpithetTitleDynastic StatusKenneth I MacAlpin [2] (Coinneach mac ...An Ferbasach, "The Conqueror" [4]Rex Pictorum ("King of the Picts")son of Alpin, king of Dál RiataConstantine I [6] (Còiseam mac Choinnich) ...An Finn-Shoichleach, "The Wine-Bountiful" ...Rex Pictorum ("King of the Picts")Son of Kenneth IGiric [9] (Griogair mac Dhunghail) (Giric ...Mac Rath, "Son of Fortune" [10]Rex Pictorum ("King of the Picts")Son of Donald I?Donald II [11] (Dòmhnall mac Chòiseim) ...Dásachtach, "the Madman" [12]Rí Alban ("King of Scotland") Rì nan ...Son of Constantine ISep 27, 2006 · Overview. Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor. Kevin Macdonald.
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Jan 8, 2007 · A successful intertwining of fact and fiction, The Last King Of Scotland brings us one of the year's best performances: Forest Whitaker as murderous Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
