The last king of Scotland [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films and FilmFour present in association with the UK Film Council and Scottish Screen a Cowboy Films/Slate Films production ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel ; screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock ; directed by Kevin Macdonald.
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FilmPublication details: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles: Last king of Scotland (Motion picture) Subject(s): Amin, Idi, 1925-2003 -- Drama | Dictators -- Uganda -- Drama | Physician and patient -- Uganda -- Drama | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | Uganda -- Politics and government -- 1971-1979 -- DramaGenre/Form: Feature films. DDC classification: 791.4372 LOC classification: FF | .L37 2007Production 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.Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictures - Drama (Forest Whitaker)Cast: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney.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.
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Special features: 7 deleted scenes with commentary by Kevin MacDonald; exclusive documentary Capturing Idi Amin; Forest Whitaker Idi Amin featurette; Fox Movie Changgel presents Casting session The last king of Scotland.
Based on the novel by Giles Foden.
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.
Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney.
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.
MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language.
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictures - Drama (Forest Whitaker)
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