THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
synopsis
Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s.
Based on the novel by Giles Foden.
| international title: | The Last King of Scotland |
| original title: | The Last King of Scotland |
| country: | United Kingdom |
| year: | 2006 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Kevin Macdonald |
| film run: | 121' |
| release date: | UK 12/01/2007, SE 26/01/2007, DE 01/02/2007, NL 01/02/2007, NO 02/02/2007, BE 07/02/2007, ES 09/02/2007, FR 14/02/2007, IT 16/02/2007 |
| screenplay: | Jeremy Brock, Peter Morgan |
| cast: | James McAvoy, Simon McBurney, David Oyelowo, Forest Whitaker, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson |
| cinematography by: | Anthony Dod Mantle |
| film editing: | Justine Wright |
| art director: | Tina Jones |
| costumes designer: | Michael O'Connor |
| music: | Alex Heffes |
| producer: | Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel, Andrea Calderwood, Christine Ruppert, Andrew MacDonald, Allon Reich, Tessa Ross, Suzanne Warren, Andrew Wood |
| production: | Cowboy Films Ltd., Film4, Fox Searchlight Pictures (US), DNA Films, Slate Films, UK Film Council (UK), Tatfilm (DE) |
| distributor: | Fox Searchlight Pictures (US), 20th Century Fox (NL)/(FR)/(IT) |
