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The Last King of Scotland Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Charming. Magnetic. Murderous.

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The Last King of Scotland

Release Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2006

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

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Starring: Forest Whitaker Gillian Anderson James McAvoy Kerry Washington

R Drama N/A

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

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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.
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The film's director Kevin Macdonald last directed The Mauritanian and Whitney. The film's writer Peter Morgan last wrote Solace and In the Heart of the Sea.

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Lisa Bryer
Andrea Calderwood
Charles Steel

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Key Facts

  • Based on Giles Foden's award-winning novel of the same name.

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Charming. Magnetic. Murderous.
Also known as
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Language
English

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The Last King of Scotland was released in on Wednesday, September 27, 2006.

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