The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Timing: 2:3 (123 min)

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Release date

2006-01-12

Country

United States, United Kingdom

Production

Fox Searchlight Pictures, Film4 Productions, DNA Films, UK Film Council, Cowboy Films, Scottish Screen, Slate Films, Tatfilm

Genre

Drama

Budget

$6 000 000

Revenue

$48 363 516

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Director

Kevin Macdonald

Actors

Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson, Kerry Washington, David Oyelowo, Abby Mukiibi Nkaaga, Adam Kotz, Barbara Rafferty, David Ashton
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Scenario

Producer

Lisa Bryer, Suzanne Warren, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Ros Borland, Charles Steel, Tessa Ross, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich

Operator

Anthony Dod Mantle

Composer

Alex Heffes

Artist

Audition

Jina Jay

Editing

Justine Wright
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• To obtain permission to film in Uganda, Kevin Macdonald met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
• The protagonist of 'The Last King of Scotland' is a fictional character placed in the environment of real people and events.
• "The Last King of Scotland" is a nickname Amin gave himself.
• The black "Mercedes," the presidential limousine shown in the film, actually belonged to Amin.
• The film is based on a book by Giles Foden, who also played the British journalist present at Amin's press conference.
• The plane on which part of the hostages fly away at the end of the film is an "Antonov An-12BK".
• In the scene in the village where Amin delivers a speech, among the crowd you can spot a person dressed in a Boy Scout uniform with a Canadian flag on their chest.
• To obtain permission to film in Uganda, Kevin Macdonald met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
• In preparation for his role as Idi Amin, Forest Whitaker gained over 20 kg (44 lbs) in weight.
• The film was given this title because in the 1970s, Amin declared himself King of Scotland.