RThe Last King of Scotland

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Play Time: 123 mins
Drama
The Last King of Scotland

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.

Status: Released (2006-01-12)
Awards:Won 1 Oscar. 49 wins & 32 nominations total
BoxOffice:$17,606,684
Screen:Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock, Giles Foden
Productions: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cowboy Films, DNA Films, Scottish Screen, UK Film Council, Film4 Productions, Slate Films, Tatfilm
Production Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English, Français, Deutsch, Kiswahili
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John Chard

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I am the father of Africa. Based on Giles Foden's novel of the same name, this filmic version of a period of Idi Amin's presidency of Uganda is a class act - that is if you can accept it as a loose reworking of events in Amin's life? Thus those who filed in for a bona fide history ....

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According to Wikiquote, a “British official” once said that Idi Amin needed “things explained in words of one letter.” It is one of The Last King of Scotland’s few flaws that it assumes we need things seen through the eyes of a white Westerner. Sure, James McAvoy has some very goo ....

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