Last king of Scotland

INTRODUCCIONPresented by Rommy Weffer

Fast fact

Directed by : Kevin Macdonald

Writers: Jeremy Brock and Giles Fonden (novel)

(story) ... historian the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out .

Fast fact

Rating: Rating: 7.9/10

Release date: 16 February 2007 (Venezuela)

Genre: Art / Foreign, Drama

Awards: Won Oscar. Another 28 wins & 16 nominations

Also Known As: Charming. Magnetic. Murderous.

Runtime: 121 min / USA:123 min / Canada:121 min (Toronto

International Film Festival)

Fast fact

Country: UK Language: English Color: COLOR Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1 Sound Mix: Dolby Digital Certification: Ireland:15A / Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) / Canada:18A

(British Columbia) / Norway:15 / Singapore:M18 / USA:R / Netherlands:16 / Germany:16 / France:-12 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) / Finland:K-15 / Australia:MA / New Zealand:R16 / Argentina:16 / South Africa:16 / UK:15

Filming Locations: UK Uganda

Plot outline ( plot summary)

In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that

could mean his death if the despot finds out.

Cast

Forest Whitaker... General Idi Amin Dada James McAvoy... Dr. Nicholas Garrigan Kerry Washington... Kay Amin Gillian Anderson... Sarah Merrit Simon McBurney... Nigel Stone David Oyelowo... Dr. Thomas Junju Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga... Masanga (as Abby Mukiibi) Adam Kotz... Dr. David Merrit Barbara Rafferty... Mrs. Garrigan David Ashton... Dr. Garrigan (senior) Giles Foden... British Journalist #1 Andy Williams... British Journalist #2 Martina Amati... Italian Journalist Peter Salmon... White Businessman Michael Wawuyo... Air Force Commander

Trivia

It is the first Western production shot in Uganda since The African Queen in 1950.

The airplane shown at the very end taking the hijack victims to safety is an Antonov An-12BK.

The Last King of Scotland is a fictional account, but one which incorporates real events.

"The Last King of Scotland" is a moniker that Amin bestowed on himself.

The Times journalist is played by Dr. Dick Stockley who is a British doctor who lives and works in Kampala, Uganda.

The film opened on general release in Uganda on February 23rd 2007.

In the first scene in the village, where Idi Amin does his speech one of the spectators can be seen wearing a boy scout uniform with a Canadian flag on the chest.

The black Mercedes presidential limousine used in the film had actually been Amin's.

Idia Amin's full title is as follows "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular

Memorable quotes

Nicholas Garrigan: Why are you doing this?

Djonjo: Frankly, I don't know. You deserve to die. But dead, you can do nothing. Alive, you might just be able to redeem yourself.

Nicholas Garrigan: I don't understand.

Djonjo: I am tired of hatred, Doctor Garrigan. This country is drowning in it. We deserve better... Go home. Tell the world the truth about Amin. They will believe you; you are a white man.

Trailer

Review

 I was very impressed by the movie “The last king of Scotland”.The movie tells us the history of Uganda’s cruel dictator Idi Amin seen through the eyes of a young naive Scottish doctor who becomes a close

advisor and personal physician of the despot more accidentally then willingly.

The Movie is very tense and real, fiction and history is well blended and the story and atmosphere are very authentic. The most impressive figure

and actor is Forest Whitaker. He earned himself an Oscar as best actor embodying the dictator, his gestures and language make the person of

Idi Amin completely real, he couldn’t have done it better.As a Venezuelan I was shocked by the way we as spectators witness the

way the Idi Amin gets madder with the time and how he gets drunk by power.

He keeps talking about the people but he just cares about himself. It might remind us of other militia men who got power and got corrupted.