The last king of Scotland [videorecording] / DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer ... [et al.] ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald.
Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney, David Oyelowo, Abby Mukiibi, Adam Kotz, Barbara Rafferty, David Ashton. 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. For private home use only.
Contents:
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
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.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)81984508
Locations:
WJPC185 -- Aurelia Public Library (Aurelia)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)
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