The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 British drama film based on Giles Foden's novel of the same name, adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald. The film was a co-production between companies from the United Kingdom and the United States, including Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film4. The Last King of Scotland tells the fictional story of Dr. Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young Scottish doctor wh... More

Initial release date:

  • Sep 1, 2006

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 2 h 3 min

Also known as:

  • The Last King of Scotland,
  • El último rey de Escocia,
  • Az utolsó skót király,
  • Iskoçya'nin son krali,
  • L'ultimo re di Scozia,
  • Der letzte König von Schottland - In den Fängen der Macht,
  • O Último Rei da Escócia,
  • Le dernier roi d'Écosse,
  • O teleftaios vasilias tis Skotias,
  • Ostatni król Szkocji,
  • Poslednji kralj Skotske,
  • Posljednji skotski kralj,
  • Shotimaa viimane kuningas

Film

Directed by

Kevin MacDonald

Kevin Macdonald (born October 28, 1967) is a Scottish director, best known for his films One Day in September, State of Play, The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void and Marley. Macdonald was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His maternal grandparents were English actress Wendy Orme and Hungarian...

Tagline:

  • Charming. Magnetic. Murderous.

Subjects:

Story by:

Cinematography:

Edited by:

Release date(s):

Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 2006
  • Apr 17, 2007
  • Sep 27, 2006
View entire collection »

Casting director:

Production design by:

Set Decoration by:

Costume design by:

Music by:

Runtime:

  • 2 h 3 min
  • 2 h 1 min
View The Last King of Scotland: Runtime »

Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 6,000,000

Distributors:

top ↑

Media

Adapted From

The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland is an award-winning 1998 novel by journalist Giles Foden. Focusing on the rise of Ugandan President Idi Amin and his reign as dictator from 1971 to 1979, the novel is written as the memoir of a fictional Scottish doctor in Amin's employ. Giles Foden's novel received...

top ↑

Awards

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film Winners

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Drama Film Nominees

top ↑

Similar topics in Freebase

  • The Pianist

    The Pianist

    The Pianist is a 2002 biographical war film directed by Roman Polanski, starring Adrien Brody. It is an adaptation of the autobiography of the same name by Jewish-Polish musician Władysław Szpilman. The film is a co-production between Poland, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The film met...
  • Mystic River

    Mystic River

    Mystic River is a 2003 American drama film directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood, starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney and Emmy Rossum. The film was written by Brian Helgeland, based on Dennis Lehane's novel of the same name....
  • The Godfather

    The Godfather

    The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Mario Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne in a production of Albert S. Ruddy. Based on Puzo's 1969 novel of the same name, the film stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino as the leaders of a...
  • Atonement

    Atonement

    Atonement is a 2007 British romantic drama war film directed by Joe Wright. It is a film adaptation of the 2001 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan. The film stars James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Saoirse Ronan. It was produced by Working Title Films and filmed throughout the summer of 2006 in...
  • No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American crime thriller written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and is based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. The film stars Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, and tells the story of an ordinary man to whom chance delivers a fortune...
  • The Constant Gardener

    The Constant Gardener is a 2005 thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on the John le Carré novel of the same name. It tells the story of Justin Quayle, a man who seeks to find the motivating forces behind his wife's murder. The film stars Ralph...
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!