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 Info | Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Bryer, Lisa. |
| Other author/creator | Calderwood, Andrea. |
| Other author/creator | Ruppert, Christine. |
| Other author/creator | Steel, Charles. |
| Other author/creator | Brock, Jeremy, 1959- |
| Other author/creator | Morgan, Peter, 1963- |
| Other author/creator | Macdonald, Kevin, 1967- |
| Other author/creator | Whitaker, Forest. |
| Other author/creator | McAvoy, James, 1979- |
| Other author/creator | Washington, Kerry, 1977- |
| Other author/creator | Anderson, Gillian, 1968- |
| Other author/creator | McBurney, Simon. |
| Other author/creator | Oyelowo, David. |
| Other author/creator | Mukiibi, Abby. |
| Other author/creator | Kotz, Adam, 1962- |
| Other author/creator | Rafferty, Barbara. |
| Other author/creator | Ashton, David. |
| Other author/creator | Foden, Giles, 1967- Last king of Scotland. |
| Other author/creator | Slate Films. |
| Other author/creator | DNA Films. |
| Other author/creator | Fox Searchlight Pictures. |
| Other author/creator | FilmFour (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Cowboy Films (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Scottish Screen (Organization) |
| Other author/creator | Tatfilm (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | UK Film Council. |
| Other author/creator | Twentieth 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 note | Based on the novel by Giles Foden. |
| General note | Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. |
| General note | Special 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 restriction | Joyner- For private home use only. |
| Credits | Director 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 details | DVD. |
| Language | Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (5.1 Dolby Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. |
| Awards note | Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Pictures - Drama (Forest Whitaker) |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.) |
| Genre/form | Biographical films. |
| Genre/form | Historical films. |
| Genre/form | Videorecordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Genre/form | Videodiscs. |
| Genre/form | DVD-Video discs. |
| Publisher number | 2240732 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |