The Last King of Scotland (film)

The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 British fiction drama film based on Giles Fodens novel The Last King of Scotland, adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald. The film was a coproduction between companies from the United Kingdom and the United States, including Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film4.

In 1970, Nicholas Garrigan James McAvoy graduates from medical school at the University of Edinburgh. With dull prospects at home, he decides to seek adventure abroad by working at a Ugandan missionary clinic run by Dr. David Merrit Adam Kotz and his wife, Sarah Gillian Anderson. Garrigan becomes attracted to Sarah, who enjoys the attention, but refuses to engage in an extramarital affair.Meanwhile, General Idi Amin Forest Whitaker overthrows incumbent president Milton Obote in a coup dtat. Garrigan sincerely believes Amin will help the country, while Sarah warns him of presidents who have taken over before. Garrigan is called to a minor car accident involving Amin where he treats his hand. During the incident Garrigan takes a gun and shoots a mortally wounded cow because no one else has the presence of mind to put it out of its misery. Amin is impressed by his quick action and initiative. Amin, fond of Scotland as a symbol of resilience and admiring the Scottish people for their resistance to the English, is delighted to discover Garrigans nationality and exchanges his military shirt for Garrigans Scotland shirt. Later, Amin invites Garrigan to become his personal physician and take charge of modernising the countrys health care system. ........

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