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Teaser poster for The Last King of Scotland
Teaser poster for The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland is a UK film based on Giles Foden's award-winning debut novel of the same name, and adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan (and Jeremy Brock and directed by Kevin Macdonald. It is scheduled for limited release in the USA on September 27, 2006, with UK release set for January 12, 2007, and German release for May 17, 2007.

Forest Whitaker stars as the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, and James McAvoy as Dr. Nicholas Garrigan. Gillian Anderson plays the wife of the physician with whom Garrigan first works in Uganda; Kerry Washington one of Amin's wives, and Simon McBurney and English diplomat.

[edit] Plot

The story of how a Scottish doctor became the personal physician to Ugandan President Idi Amin

[edit] Main cast

  • Forest Whitaker - Idi Amin
  • James McAvoy - Nicholas Garrigan
  • Gillian Anderson - Sara Zach
  • Kerry Washington - Kay
  • Simon McBurney - Stone
  • David Oyelowo - Djonjo

[edit] References


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