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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

    • (197K)
    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Kevin Macdonald
    • 2007-01-19
  3. Sep 27, 2006 · Propelled by Forest Whitaker's barnstorming Oscar winning perf as Amin, Last King of Scotland is riveting and fascinating from first reel to last. The political upheaval at this time in Uganda's history is presented in delicate strokes of dark depressin... read the rest.

  4. Synopsis. 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
    • R
    • 22
  5. OCLC. 40981851. 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
  6. Ex-lawyer and ex-criminal Karin Lossow helps investigate criminal cases on the peaceful Baltic Sea island of Usedom. Oscar and BAFTA-winning Forest Whitaker stars as Idi Amin, the murderous ...

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  8. The Last King of Scotland. 2006 · 2 hr 3 min. R. Drama. Forest Whitaker won a Best Actor Oscar for his vivid performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who draws a doctor into a web of terrifying insanity. Subtitles: English.

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