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Description: Genre: Drama / Theatrical Release: 2006 / Director: Kevin Macdonald / Actors: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker ... / DVD ... more Newest Review: ... amongst the villages, humbling Garrigan instantly. It is more chance than anything else that draws Amin and Garrigan ... more |
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by thedevilinme - written on 27/10/07 (Very useful, 93 readings)
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I suspect the casting process for the Last King of Scotland was one of the quickest in film history. James McAvoy is the hottest young Scottish talent around (now Ewan McGregor is spending most of his time making bad movies and messing around on his motorbike!), whilst there are very few twenty stones black actors working today. Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible and Pulp Fiction) is way too cool to bung on anther five stones and Lenny Henry just doesn’t have the experience. Get Forrest on the line! But it was no easy Oscar for the big man, a lot of hard work required to play this very physical figure, although he was always going to win it if he nailed the big man. ...
by Zmugzy - written on 07/11/07 (Very useful, 106 readings)
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The Last King of Scotland is based on Giles Foden's novel of the same name and is directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay adaptation by Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock. This is a short review of the film and not the DVD. The story follows Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy) who arrives in Uganda fresh from medical school during the early 1970s to work at a missionary clinic. His arrival coincides with the military coup led by Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). It is almost by chance that Garrigan comes across Amin and after giving him treatment for an injury he is invited to be his personal physician. It is not long though that he finds himself in the ...
by katygriff - written on 13/10/07 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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I was excited about this film when I heard about it being made a couple of years back. I love James McAvoy you see so keep a keen eye on what he is making, then when I found out that another favourite of mine Gillian Anderson was in it I had to go and see it. I missed it at the cinema as I do most films and heard such good things about throughout its release. Then when it came onto DVD I bought it on the first day it was out to give it a go. I was worried that I had built it up so much and that I would be disappointed but was so glad when I actually watched it and found it just as brilliant as everybody else. ----- The Film: Nicholas ...





