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The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock. Based on Giles Foden's 1998 novel, its plot depicts the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin through the perspective of Nicholas Garrigan, a fictional Scottish doctor. The film stars Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Simon McBurney, and Gillian Anderson. The title of the film refers to Amin's spurious claim of being the King of Scotland.
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Writer
- Peter Morgan · Jeremy Brock
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- Release date
- 2006 · Released
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom, Germany
- Languages
- English, German
- Genres
- Drama
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Der letzte König von Schottland – In den Fängen der Macht
- Español
- El último rey de Escocia
- Français
- Le Dernier Roi d'Écosse
- Italiano
- L'ultimo re di Scozia
- 日本語
- ラストキング・オブ・スコットランド
- 한국어
- 라스트 킹
- Polski
- Ostatni król Szkocji
- Português
- O Último Rei da Escócia
- Themes
- failed state ↗ human nature ↗ Idi Amin ↗ Uganda ↗
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