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The Last King Of Scotland

Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calcul...

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Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films, FilmFour (Firm), UK Film Council, Scottish Screen (Organization), Cowboy Films, Slate Films, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Ltd
Other Authors: Whitaker, Forest (Actor), McAvoy, James, 1979- (Actor), Washington, Kerry, 1977- (Actor), Anderson, Gillian, 1968- (Actor), McBurney, Simon (Actor), Bryer, Lisa (Producer), Calderwood, Andrea (Producer), Steel, Charles (Producer), Morgan, Peter, 1963- (Screenwriter), Brock, Jeremy, 1959- (Screenwriter), Macdonald, Kevin, 1967- (Director), Foden, Giles, 1967-
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.
Subjects:
Amin, Idi, > 1925-2003 > Drama.
Dictators > Uganda > Drama.
Uganda > Politics and government > 1971-1979 > Drama.
Physician and patient > Drama.
Suspense films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
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Summary:Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive. Garrigan grows increasingly prone to exploitation.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Giles Foden.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language.
Awards:Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictures - Drama (Forest Whitaker)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle ; editor, Justine Wright ; music, Alex Heffes ; costume designer, Michael O'Connor ; production designer, Michael Carlin ; special effects supervisor, Sebastian Bulst ; visual effects supervisors, John Lockwood, Steve Street.

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