The last king of Scotland / DNA Films ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; FilmFour ; Cowboy Films ; Scottish Screen ; Slate Films ; Tatfilm ; UK Film Council ; produced by Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Charles Steel ; written by Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan ; directed by Kevin Macdonald.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoBeverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007.
Description1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBryer, Lisa.
Other author/creatorCalderwood, Andrea.
Other author/creatorRuppert, Christine.
Other author/creatorSteel, Charles.
Other author/creatorBrock, Jeremy, 1959-
Other author/creatorMorgan, Peter, 1963-
Other author/creatorMacdonald, Kevin, 1967-
Other author/creatorWhitaker, Forest.
Other author/creatorMcAvoy, James, 1979-
Other author/creatorWashington, Kerry, 1977-
Other author/creatorAnderson, Gillian, 1968-
Other author/creatorMcBurney, Simon.
Other author/creatorOyelowo, David.
Other author/creatorMukiibi, Abby.
Other author/creatorKotz, Adam, 1962-
Other author/creatorRafferty, Barbara.
Other author/creatorAshton, David.
Other author/creatorFoden, Giles, 1967- Last king of Scotland.
Other author/creatorSlate Films.
Other author/creatorDNA Films.
Other author/creatorFox Searchlight Pictures.
Other author/creatorFilmFour (Firm)
Other author/creatorCowboy Films (Firm)
Other author/creatorScottish Screen (Organization)
Other author/creatorTatfilm (Firm)
Other author/creatorUK Film Council.
Other author/creatorTwentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Abstract Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive. Garrigan grows increasingly prone to exploitation.
General noteBased on the novel by Giles Foden.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 2006.
General noteSpecial features: 7 deleted scenes, documentary 'Capturing Idi Amin,' Forest Whitaker Idi Amin featurette, Fox Movie Channel presents Casting session The Last King of Scotland.
Access restrictionJoyner- For private home use only.
CreditsDirector of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle ; editor, Justine Wright ; music, Alex Heffes ; costume designer, Michael O'Connor ; production designer, Michael Carlin ; special effects supervisor, Sebastian Bulst ; visual effects supervisors, John Lockwood, Steve Street.
Cast Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney, David Oyelowo, Abby Mukiibi, Adam Kotz, Barbara Rafferty, David Ashton.
Audience MPAA rating: R; for some strong violence and gruesome images, sexual content and language.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageClosed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Awards noteGolden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictures - Drama (Forest Whitaker)
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formThrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
Genre/formBiographical films.
Genre/formHistorical films.
Genre/formVideorecordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre/formVideodiscs.
Genre/formDVD-Video discs.
Publisher number2240732 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Stock numberMidwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com