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The Last King of Scotland (Widescreen Edition)

James McAvoy (Actor), Forest Whitaker (Actor), Kevin Macdonald (Director) Rated:
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Genre Drama
Format Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Dubbed, Dolby, Subtitled, AC-3
Contributor Stephen Rwangyezi, Adam Kotz, Forest Whitaker, Kerry Washington, Sam Okelo, Kevin Macdonald, Giles Foden, Chris Wilson, Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Gillian Anderson, Sarah Nagayi, David Oyelowo, Simon McBurney, James McAvoy See more
Language English, French, German
Runtime 2 hours and 3 minutes
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A Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world

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As the evil Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gives an unforgettable performance in The Last King of Scotland. Powerfully illustrating the terrible truth that absolute power corrupts absolutely, this fictionalized chronicle of Amin's rise and fall is based on the acclaimed novel by Giles Foden, in which Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His outsider's perspective causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power, but as the story progresses--and as Whitaker's award-worthy performance grows increasingly monstrous--The Last King of Scotland turns into a pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. As Whitaker plays him, Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive--sometimes in the same breath--and McAvoy effectively conveys the tragic cost of his character's naiveté, which grows increasingly prone to exploitation. As directed by Kevin Macdonald (who made the riveting semi-documentary Into the Void), this potent cautionary tale my prompt some viewers to check out Barbet Schroeder's equally revealing documentary General Idi Amin Dada, an essential source for much of this film's authentic detail. --Jeff Shannon


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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ FXSE2273158DVD
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Kevin Macdonald
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Dubbed, Dolby, Subtitled, AC-3
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 3 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 17, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified, Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Fox Searchlight
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000NIVJF4
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Giles Foden, Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Bobby Wilson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good movie
    Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2025
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    People shogi watch to learn some history. Forest Whitaker played an excellent part.
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  • MargaretNC
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Idi Amin everyone knows
    Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2021
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    This film is less an historical account of a dictator and more a disturbing story about power, control, and a leader’s ability to manipulate the minds and actions of others. A young, idealistic, newly graduated physician Nicholas Garrigan (played by James McAvoy) closes his eyes and vows to start his medical practice where his finger lands on a spinning globe—Uganda. He arrives shortly after Idi Amin (played by Forest Whitaker) staged a coup and named himself President of Uganda and Commander-in-Chief of its military forces. Dr. Garrigan attends a large rally in which Amin promises villagers “a government of action,” new schools , new roads and houses. “In my heart, I am a simple man like you” he tells the cheering crowd. Through a chance encounter after the rally, Garrigan treats Amin for a wrist sprain. He is soon called to the presidential mansion in Kampala where Amin insists that Garrigan become his personal physician.

    The first part of the movie is dazzling and joyful, a sort of honeymoon stage in the relationship between Amin and Dr. Garrigan in which they share respect for each other, and Amin grooms Garrigan to be his confidant and advisor. Garrigan is thrilled to join lavish parties and political operations until the stage show begins to unravel. Amin’s growing paranoia, beatings of the opposition and mysterious missing people lead Garrigan to ask if he can go home. In a complex, coercive discussion, Amin says Garrigan is like his own son, and must stay because his work for Uganda is not done. Through abrupt statements and looks that could kill, Forest Whitaker shows Amin’s mind racing with the realization that the one person he thought he could trust sees his deception and atrocities. Amin ends the conversation by insisting that Dr. Garrigan needs to “have some fun.” The lavish parties resume with a new menacing tone as Amin and Garrigan turn on each other, with Garrigan’s life at stake.

    Amin’s story seems far away and close to home at the same time, for everyone who has suffered at the hands of an administrator, domineering family member or other “dictator” who can control our lives. What administrator doesn’t have some element of Amin’s charisma and fakery to hide his/her utter dependence on the staff that does the work? Amin’s calculating decision to choose the vulnerable young doctor as his closest advisor is replicated by every narcissist who chooses a passive partner, and parent who abuses a child. Understanding the history is important, but the main value of the film might be to show the same evils around us.
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  • Kelly L. Norman
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mirror, mirror....
    Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2007
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    Early on in "The Last King of Scotland", we're treated to a microscopic closeup of a mosquito about to pierce human skin. The skin belongs to Scotsman Nicholas Garrigan, in Uganda for 48 hours shortly after his graduation from medical school for, as he has told another character, "Helping others...and some fun and adventure." The mosquito, obviously, is a foreshadowing device, both in terms of the pain Garrigan (as well as many in Uganda) will go through before the film's end; and in terms of how Uganda's new president, with whom Garrigan had a chance meeting the day before, will get under his skin and in his blood.

    Those old enough to remember well know both the snickers (Amin's full self-bestowed title was "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC,[Victorious Cross, made to look like a British medal] DSO, MC [Military Cross], Conqueror of the British Empire,in General, and of Uganda, in Particular;" he also occasionally called himself "King of Scotland", hence the title)and terror Amin's character instilled . This film does a brilliant job of capturing this, mostly due to Forrest Whitaker's portrayal, and his interaction with James McAvoy (Garrigan). There is a moment at the beginning of each of their discussions when one isn't sure if we will see Amin, the jolly, gregarious "good father"; or Amin, the roaring, wrathful dragon....the "evil father," and one's stomach sinks, praying for Garrigan's sake we'll see the former.

    Not that Garrigan is a character who seems to deserve such prayer. After coming to Uganda on a whim, he leaves the badly underserved health clinic he's committed two years to in the lurch to serve Amin (as McAvoy explains in the extra on the DVD, to the wet-behind-the-ears doctor, Amin's audacious praise, and promise of comeraderie and confidences are too much for him to resist.) He is insulting to the British emmisary, then expects immediate help from him once Amin's jaws start to clamp down on him. He knowingly puts himself and others at risk of death. But most glaringly, his notice of the atrocities toward the Ugandan people, which start to become harder and harder to ignore, seems until the very end to be limited to how they affect him.

    Garrigan is a fictional character, but he serves as a mirror that allows us to see Amin in ways a simple biopic may not have been able to. Moreover, perhaps in Garrigan, director Kevin MacDonald (and novel writer Giles Foden)wanted to remind us how the world itself turned away from Uganda during the Amin years, worrying only until things affected us.

    A special film not only for its important subject matter, but the acting, photography, and the beautiful Ugandan scenery (filmed almost entirely on location).
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  • 高槻慧斗
    5.0 out of 5 stars マカヴォイたんが
    Reviewed in Japan on July 18, 2024
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  • Jo Blo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating movie about real-life '70s Uganda dictator Idi Amin Dada
    Reviewed in Canada on May 30, 2012
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    I first heard about this movie when it came out around 2006, I usually like biographies but I wasn't in a hurry to see that one since it seemed excellent but extremely violent... They advertised it as being based on real-life events, so I bought the DVD figuring it might have something to do with President Joseph Mobutu of Zaire, since I knew he had a personal American physician for 17 year, who as it turn out was the father of Hollywood actress Glenn Close... However President Mobutu was very peaceful and a president beloved by the population for all his tenure... As it turn out it's a more or less accurate depiction of real-life dictator Idi Amin Dada, who proclaimed himself "Africa's Adolf Hitler" and who ruled Uganda from 1971 to 1979. It's hard to know if the depiction made in this movie is accurate, but according to Wikipedia his 10-years rule has been characterized by "political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement." The number of people killed during his tenure is estimated by international observers to range from 100 000 up to 500 000, and his behavior during the last years of his rule have apparently been deemed "erratic and outspoken". He died in Saudi Arabia in 2003, and at the time of his death his only income was a 1400$ monthly allowance he was reportedly receiving from the Saudi government. Regarding the movie in itself the only useful thing to say is that it's violent but really worth seeing and entertaining, it's one of the rare movies to had been filmed entirely on location in Africa... Forest Whittaker won an Oscar for his noteworthy performance.
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  • russell clarke
    5.0 out of 5 stars " I know who you are and what you are, i am you"*****Contains spoilers****
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2007
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    The Last King Of Scotland is essentially a film about two very flawed characters . Dr Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) is a young Scottish doctor so eager to escape the stifling prim surroundings of his family home he decides to head off to the first place his finger lands on a globe. Thus he ends up in Uganda and here his character ( a composite character based on three real people and taken from Giles Fodens novel. Foden has a cameo role in the film as a journalist ) is an embodiment of western values who see's the third world through naïve patronising eyes and only sees what it wants to see. Garrigan wants to help people which is why he ends up volunteering to help dispense medical care but he is selfish impulsive , brash and easily manipulated which is why he also ends up becoming the personal physician and sometime adviser to Idi Amin (Forrest Whittaker)
    Amin ,of course is flawed because he is a mass murdering monomaniac but he is also charismatic, charming and capable of self decrepitating humour .Garrigan has arrived in Uganda just after Amin has taken power and after seeing him at a rally he too is swept along by his magnetism and powerful words -" I know who you are and what you are .I am you". After Garrigan attends a minor injury sustained by Amin they swap shirts and a bond is formed .
    Amin offers Garrigan the job as his personal physician meaning Garrigan must break off a blossoming relationship with married fellow volunteer Sarah Merritt ( Gillian Anderson) Once sucked into Amin,s world he is easily seduced by his wealth and power but forms a dangerous attraction to one of Amins wife's Kay (Kerry Washington) after he treats her epileptic son who has been more or less disowned by his father -the first telling sign of his dark side.
    As Amins paranoia, selfishness and psychosis unfurl themselves with increasing frequency Garrigan starts to realise he is in over his head but attempts to extricate himself but Amin tells him that his "Work here isn't finished yet". This prompts the young doctor attempt to ingratiate himself with English diplomat Nigel Stone (Simon McBunney) , a man he formerly treated with sneering contempt but is told in order for them to help him he must assassinate Amin. The film concludes with scenes of torture and murder amid the turmoil and hostage crisis at Entebbe airport.
    Director Kevin McDonald whose previous films have been documentaries imbibes the film with a documentary element and cleverly uses the same texture and colours of seventies film and television. The acting is superb with McAvoy giving his character a youthful vigour and likeability despite his imperfections and who wouldn't be seduced by what he is offered , especially at his tender years. Whittaker however is immense ,the most deserving Oscar winner for a very long time. He kept in character throughout the shoot and even learnt Swahili and yet incredibly wasn't the first choice for the role. He completely convinces in his portrayal of a man capable of murdering 300, 000 of his own people yet his humour and allure shine through and you cannot help but warm to him at times . The scene at a banquet where he cracks a joke about cannibalism is symptomatic of this. Whittaker makes every nuance of his character totally believable so much so that Ugandans watching the production film the rally scenes thought Amin had actually returned.
    The Last King Of Scotland is a riveting film about a despicable character but one that shows how easy it is for despicable characters to flourish and impose their diabolical will on others. There is a scene where Garrigan attending to the General after his Presidential car has run into a buffalo is distracted by the animals cries and pulls out Amin,s gun to put it out of it,s misery. Far better for everyone and history if he had shot the other wounded animal first.
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  • M. G. Herold
    5.0 out of 5 stars In den Fängen der Macht
    Reviewed in Germany on September 10, 2007
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    Die Geschichte des üblen Freibeuters Idi Amin wird hier insofern klug aufbereitet, als es gelingt das Opfer der Verführung durch den Demagogen und Charismatikers Amin, also den Westen, in Form des jungen Arztes -gespielt von James McAvoy - ein Gesicht zu geben. Jung und unerfahren fährt er nach seiner Promotion zum Dr. med. nach Uganda, um hier Abenteuer zu erleben und kommt, ehe er sichs versieht, als Leibarzt von Idi Amin wieder zum Vorschein. Anfangs geblendet von Stellung und Privilegien und umschmeichelt von Idi, aber auch vom lokalen Repräsentanten des British Empire, dämmert ihm so nach und nach, dass der vordergründig unberechenbare, aber freundliche Idi eine Bestie in Menschengestalt ist. Minister verschwinden, Gegner werden umgebracht, der junge Arzt selbst merkt zunehmend die Paranoia des Diktators. In letzer Sekunde gelingt ihm, nach einer filmisch grausig realistisch aufbereiteten Folter, die Flucht nach Europa. Übrigens im Rahmen der Befreiung der Geiseln der historischen Flugzeugentführung in Entebbe. Etwas plump, aber ganz originell in den Handlungsstrang eingearbeitet, übrigens. Was kurz kommt ist das Ausmaß der Greueltaten, aber diese genauer zu beschreiben ist vielleicht nicht notwenig, es reicht auch so. Erschüttert erkennt man jedoch, wie leicht es Typen vom Zuschnitt eines Idi Amin haben, die Massen zu verführen, den einzelnen einzulullen, ohne das er es merkt, bis er sich wiederfindet in den Fängen der Macht. Ausgezeichnet agieren die Hauptdarsteller, wobei mich James McAvoy fast noch mehr beeindruckt hat als Forrest Whittaker. Spannender Plot, gedreht an Originalschauplätzen, gut geschnitten. Enttäuschend das "Making of" und das historische Doku-Material. Gerade über Amin sind die Archive voll!! Und das "Capturing of Idi Amin" - frei übersetzt "Das Phänomen Idi Amin verstehen" mit "die Gefangennahme von Idi Amin" übersetzt wird, sollte im Profi-Filmgeschäft nun wirklich nicht vorkommen! Trotzdem 5 *****
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  • Sharon
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Last King of Scotland
    Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2024
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    Look forward to watching this movie. It is difficult subject matter. Impactful.
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