The Last King of Scotland tells the story of the dictatorship of Ugandan President Idi Amin, utilizing the point of view of a fictional Scottish doctor named Dr. Nicholas Garrigan. The doctor ...

“The Last King of Scotland” is not based on a true story. It was inspired by “true” events, which leaves more room for invention. Based on the 1998 novel by Giles Foden, it’s the story ...

The Last King of Scotland stars Forrest Whitaker as charismatic -- and unfathomably murderous -- ruler Idi Amin. In the film adapted from a bestselling book by Giles Foden, the Ugandan dictator's ...

Writers captured this African Nero in Amin's Uganda, Talk of the Devil, State of Blood: The Inside Story of Idi Amin, Snake Pit, Governing Uganda and General Idi Amin Dada, amongst others.

Crowds Flock to Oscar-Honored Film About Idi Amin. ... 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" ...

When Army general Idi Amin became president of Uganda in a 1971 coup, he won widespread support with promises of reform and economic independence from former colonial ties. But Amin's rule was ...

It's a classic riff, because it gets exactly at the artist's dilemma in any portrait of evil: Even monsters can dance. And they are dads, have loving kids, wives, pals and human eccentricities.

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 ...

Forest Whitaker and James McAvoy, in Kevin Macdonald’s fine drama “The Last King of Scotland,” make a haunting cat-and-mouse pair. As Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, Whitaker’s enormous frame ...

Every actor comes equipped with a thermostat, and the best actors can jack up the heat with the flick of a finger, or a flicker of menace around the eyes. In the absorbing political thriller &#8220… ...