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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Film adaptations Fiction films Biographical films Historical films Thrillers (Motion pictures Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
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| Named Person: | Giles Foden; Idi Amin; Idi Amin |
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kevin Macdonald; Peter Morgan; Jeremy Brock; Andrea Calderwood; Lisa Bryer; Charles Steel; Forest Whitaker; James McAvoy; Kerry Washington; Simon McBurney; Gillian Anderson; David Oyelowo; Stephen Rwangyezi; Abby Mukiibi; Adam Kotz; Barbara Rafferty; David Ashton; Giles Foden; Fox Searchlight Pictures.; DNA Films.; FilmFour (Firm); Cowboy Films.; Scottish Screen (Organization); Slate Films.; Tatfilm (Firm); UK Film Council.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| OCLC Number: | 81984508 |
| Language Note: | In English (5.1 Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish; Closed-captioned. |
| Notes: | Based on the novel by Giles Foden. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. Special features: 7 deleted scenes, documentary 'Capturing Idi Amin, ' Forest Whitaker Idi Amin featurette, Fox Movie Channel presents Casting session: The Last King of Scotland. |
| 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. |
| Cast: | Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney, David Oyelowo, Abby Mukiibi, Adam Kotz, Barbara Rafferty, David Ashton. |
| Awards: | Academy Awards, 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Whitaker); Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictures - Drama (Forest Whitaker) |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Contents: | Off to Africa -- Busy time -- Unlikely candidate -- New boss -- Scotsman -- Married woman -- Summons -- Black power -- Doctor/philosopher -- Unique relationship -- Symbol of the future -- President's son -- Fantastic gift -- Traitor in the ranks -- Closest advisor -- Missing -- Uganda's embrace -- Having some fun -- Good advice -- White monkey -- Nobody -- Only choice -- Charming the press -- This is what happens -- Entebbe Airport -- Another man's wife -- Friend in need -- Epilogue. |
| Other Titles: | Last king of Scotland (Motion picture). The last king of Scotland |
| Responsibility: | Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films and FilmFour present ; in association with the UK Film Council and Scottish Screen ; a Cowboy Films/Slate Films production with Tatfilm ; produced by Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel ; screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock ; directed by Kevin Macdonald. |
| Local System Bib Number: | 206156 |
Abstract:
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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