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The Last King of Scotland

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.

After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, Scottish physician Nicholas Garrigan flies to Uganda to work at a missionary clinic. And before long, Garrigan has a chance encounter with General Idi Amin, the country's new president. As one thing leads to another, Idi Amin invites Nicholas to become his personal doctor, aiming to modernise Uganda's health care system. Indeed, this is a once-in-a-lifetime offer Garrigan cannot refuse. Instead, as Garrigan plays with fire, he soon finds himself trapped in the moral abyss of Idi Amin's murderous megalomania. Can Garrigan rise above the madness and live to tell the tale?

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Info about The Last King of Scotland

Studio(s): Fox Searchlight Pictures, Cowboy Films

Originally Released: Australia, Feb 01, 2007

Production Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Box Office Gross: $48,600,000.00

Budget: $6,000,000.00

Genres:Biography, Drama, History, Thriller