(Soundbite of movie "General Idi Amin Dada") President AMIN: I come from very poor family. I wanted to tell you this. And when I became bigger, my father has no money.

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Crowds Flock to Oscar-Honored Film About Idi Amin. ... Feb. 26 -- She was 11 time zones away from Hollywood, but movie buff Marion E. Busingye could not wait to see if "The Last King of Scotland" ...

If Forest Whitaker fails to win an Oscar on Sunday for his portrayal of Idi Amin, it would be only slightly less shocking than if the late dictator was seen walking the streets here again. But for … ...

The boogeyman of the 1970s, Idi Amin Dada, arrives on screen, and in full bellow in “The Last King of Scotland.” As portrayed by Forest Whitaker, Idi Amin Dada, the Ugandan Kingpin, is a ...

The Last King of Scotland: Drama. Starring Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington and Gillian Anderson. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. (R. 121 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The public's ...

‘General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait’ is a film that shows the devil in every authoritarian leader The 1974 documentary was filmed with the Ugandan dictator’s co-operation, but he wasn ...

A Ugandan film about Archbishop Janani Luwum’s defiance of Idi Amin has won top honours at the Zanzibar International Film ...

Amin’s bizarre personality was in many ways the product of an impoverished childhood in an occupied nation. Abandoned by his father, he eventually went to work for the British army, where he ...