Learning and understanding history is very important. This is evident, not only, with good history, but with bad history too. Today's film of the day is the Last King of Scotland (2006), because on this day in history Idi Amin, became President of Uganda in 1971...
Wikipedia.org Article for Idi Amin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin
IMDB.com Entry for the film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455590/?ref_=nv_sr_2
Wikipedia.org Article for the film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_King_of_Scotland_(film)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Biopic
Format: Widescreen Format, Color
Director: Kevin MacDonald
Director: Kevin MacDonald
Starring: Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Simon McBurney and David Oyelowo
Wikipedia.org Article for Forest Whitaker:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Whitaker
Wikipedia.org Article for James McAvoy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McAvoy
Wikipedia.org Article for Kerry Washington:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Washington
Wikipedia.org Article for Director Kevin MacDonald:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Macdonald_(director)
Trailer for the film on YouTube:
This is the story about the ex-Ugandan President Idi Amin, who rose to power in the 1970s. He is played brilliantly by Forest Whitaker. James McAvoy plays a fictional character that becomes Amin’s private physician. This is based on a 1998 novel, by the same name, written by Giles Foden. McAvoy’s character was based on real associates of Amin, but was fictionalized to further the impact of this story as a biopic film. Foden used information from different associates and research and this film is a combination of fiction and true history. This is a normal story-telling device that is seen in many film-biopics.
Wikipedia.org Article for the novel Last King of Scotland (1998) by Giles Foden:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_King_of_Scotland
McAvoy (Dr. Nicholas Garrigan), is a ladies man, who just graduated from medical school and for some odd reason he picks Uganda as the place where he wants to start his practice. One day he is summoned to help Amin after a car accident. Amin immediately takes a liking to Nicholas and asks him to be his private physician and advisor. What Nicholas doesn’t foresee is a future where Amin goes nuts. If you look back in history, Amin, amid all the media and chaos, was depicted as a madman. Forest Whitaker explores this scenario quite well. He shows you a lighter side of Amin, but also has the great acting-chops to show you Amin’s dark paranoid side. Once the film really takes off, you begin to understand how weird Amin was and it is a good thing his reign came to an end. - Phil
Capturing Idi Amin' Documentary on YouTube:
I also want to bring in a comparison. If you have seen Seth Rogan and James Franco’s The Interview (2014), before you have seen Last King of Scotland, or vice-verse, enjoy this comparison, because it only enhances the excellent work that McAvoy and Whitaker did in LKOS. In The Interview James Franco’s character becomes best-buddies with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. Of course all of this is fictional, as well as, a comedy and it has the ridiculous scenario of these two guys being good buddies, either through ignorance or craziness. Well, as you watch Franco and Randall Park (President Kim), interact in this film think of McAvoy and Whitaker in a serious film, but the results are almost, dead-on, the same.
Trailer for The Interview (2014) on YouTube:
It further enhances the craziness and paranoia of Amin’s character and shows, either through ignorance, stupidity or just bad luck that Dr. Nicholas got involved with this nut in the first place. None of this is any more evident than at the very end, during the end credits, when Director Kevin Macdonald decides to flash up real footage of Idi Amin. He shows us the real Idi Amin’s eyes and face and solidifies the truth on how really nuts this guy was. It’s all in the eyes. See this film. - Phil
Click the link below at GoWatchIt.com to see where you can stream or watch The Last King of Scotland (2006) online or on TV right now:
http://gowatchit.com/movies/the-last-king-of-scotland-46217
Or check out TVGuide.com to see if this film is playing on TV/Cable in your area:
http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-last-king-of-scotland/283570/
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