The Last King of Scotland (2006)


Forest Whitaker         Idi Amin
James McAvoy            Nicholas Garrigan
Kerry Washington        Kay Amin
Gillian Anderson        Sarah Merrit
Simon McBurney          Stone
David Oyelowo           Dr Junju
Rwangyezi Stephen       Jonah Wasswa
Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga     Masanga
Adam Kotz (II)          Dr Merrit
Sam Okello              Bonny
Sarah Nagayi            Tolu
Chris Wilson (III)      Perkins
Dr Dick Stockley        Times Journalist
Barbara Rafferty        Mrs Garrigan
David Ashton            Dr Garrigan (senior)
Daniel Ssettaba         Kay Amin’s servant
Apollo Okwenje Omamo    Mackenzie Amin
Louis Asea              Campbell Amin

Directed by:            Kevin MacDonald
Produced by:            Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Tessa Ross


A Scottish doctor on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the 
world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin. 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.

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In 1970, the just-graduated doctor Nicholas Garrigan moves to Uganda to get rid of his conservative 
father. While working in a mission in the country, he meets the new President Idi Amin after the 
coup-d'é-tat that overthrow the former government. He is invited to become his personal physician 
in Kampala and along the years he sees how despotic his friend is.

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In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to 
assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who 
promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid 
Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes 
one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's 
increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous 
insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic 
leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his 
death if the despot finds out.