Everything You Need to Know About The Last King of Scotland Movie (2006)

avatar By Brian D. Renner Dec. 22, 2008

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s

Who's Involved:

Peter Morgan, Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Kevin Macdonald, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Tessa Ross, Jeremy Brock, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel, Lisa Bryer

Release Date:

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Rating: R

Runtime: N/A

Contents:
Plot
Cast & Crew
Trailers
Production
Releases
Questions

Plot: What's the story about?

In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and get out of Uganda alive.

Drama

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Cast: Who stars in it?

Forest Whitaker

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James McAvoy

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Crew: Who's making The Last King of Scotland

A look at the The Last King of Scotland behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Kevin Macdonald last directed Whitney and Black Sea. The film's writer Peter Morgan last wrote Solace and In the Heart of the Sea.