Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 09/27/06 (Limited) 10/1306 (St. Louis) Home Video 04/17/04 MPAA Rating Rated R for some strong violence and guesome images, sexual content and language Running Time 2 hours 01 minute Genre Drama Director Kevin Macdonald Writer Peter Morgan, Jeremy Brock Cast Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson Studio Fox Searchight Pictures |
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
SYNOPSIS
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 escape Uganda alive.--©Fox
Searchlight
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 escape Uganda alive.--©Fox
Searchlight
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