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The Resource The last king of Scotland, DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Charles Steel ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald

The last king of Scotland, DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Charles Steel ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Note
  • 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
Instance
Label
The last king of Scotland
Title
The last king of Scotland
Statement of responsibility
DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Charles Steel ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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
Awards note
Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictures - Drama (Forest Whitaker)
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
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
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language
Language note
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish
LC call number
PN1995.9.S87
LC item number
L378 2007
PerformerNote
Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney, David Oyelowo, Abby Mukiibi, Adam Kotz, Barbara Rafferty, David Ashton
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  • 1959-
  • 1963-
  • 1967-
  • 1979-
  • 1977-
  • 1968-
  • 1962-
  • 1941-
  • 1967-
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  • Bryer, Lisa
  • Calderwood, Andrea
  • Ruppert, Christine
  • Steel, Charles
  • Brock, Jeremy
  • Morgan, Peter
  • Macdonald, Kevin
  • Whitaker, Forest
  • McAvoy, James
  • Washington, Kerry
  • Anderson, Gillian
  • McBurney, Simon
  • Oyelowo, David
  • Mukiibi, Abby
  • Kotz, Adam
  • Rafferty, Barbara
  • Ashton, David
  • Foden, Giles
  • DNA Films
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • FilmFour (Firm)
  • Cowboy Films
  • Scottish Screen (Organization)
  • Slate Films
  • Tatfilm (Firm)
  • UK Film Council
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Runtime
123
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  • Amin, Idi
  • Physician and patient
  • Genocide
  • Dictators
  • Despotism
  • Uganda
  • Uganda
  • Uganda
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The last king of Scotland, DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Charles Steel ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
4217260
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Governing access note
For private home use only
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543407324
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
2240732
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm81984508
  • (OCoLC)81984508
System details
DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The last king of Scotland, DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Charles Steel ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald
Publication
Note
  • 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
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
4217260
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (123 min.)
Governing access note
For private home use only
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
024543407324
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
2240732
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm81984508
  • (OCoLC)81984508
System details
DVD; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital
Video recording format
DVD

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