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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Genres: Docudrama, Political Drama, Drama
Sound By: Dolby SRD
Released Date: September 27, 2006 (USA January 19, 2007 (USA)
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Summary:
Director Kevin MacDonald teams with screenwriter Jeremy Brock to adapt Giles Foden's novel detailing the brutal reign of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin as seen through the eyes of his personal physician. James McAvoy stars as the doctor who slowly realizes that he is trapped in an inescapable nightmare, and Forest Whitaker assumes the role of the notorious despot. Jason Bu... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Forest Whitaker - (Idi Amin)
James McAvoy - (Nicholas Garrigan)
Kerry Washington - (Kay Amin)
Gillian Anderson - (Sarah Merrit)
Simon McBurney - (Stone)
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Review:
More fun that one might expect considering the subject matter, the first 20 minutes of Kevin_Macdonald's The Last King of Scotland establishes James McAvoy's Nicholas Garrigan as a good looking, charming young rogue. Freshly graduated from medical school, he rebels against his conventional father by traveling to Uganda, where he indulge... Continue >>

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