| Title : | The last king of Scotland | | Material Type: | video, projectable document | | Authors: | Whitaker Forest, Other ; McAvoy James, Other ; Washington Kerry, Other ; Anderson Gillian, Other ; McBurney Simon, Other ; Bryer Lisa, Other ; Calderwood Andrea, Other ; Steel Charles, Other ; Morgan Peter, Other ; Brock Jeremy, Other ; Macdonald Kevin, Other ; Foden Giles ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; DNA Films ; FilmFour (Firm ; UK film council ; Scottish Screen (Organization ; Cowboy Films ; Slate Films ; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Ltd | | Publisher: | Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | | Publication Date: | 2007 | | Pagination: | 1 videodisc (123 min.) | | Layout: | sd., col. | | Size: | 4 3/4 in | | Price: | Gift | | General note: | Special features: 7 deleted scenes with commentary by Kevin MacDonald; exclusive documentary Capturing Idi Amin; Forest Whitaker Idi Amin featurette; Fox Movie Changgel presents Casting session The last king of Scotland. Based on the novel by Giles Foden. | | Languages : | English (eng) Thai (tha) | | Abstract: | Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive. Garrigan grows increasingly prone to exploitation. | | Record link: | http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=24091 |
The last king of Scotland [video, projectable document] / Whitaker Forest, Other ; McAvoy James, Other ; Washington Kerry, Other ; Anderson Gillian, Other ; McBurney Simon, Other ; Bryer Lisa, Other ; Calderwood Andrea, Other ; Steel Charles, Other ; Morgan Peter, Other ; Brock Jeremy, Other ; Macdonald Kevin, Other ; Foden Giles ; Fox Searchlight Pictures ; DNA Films ; FilmFour (Firm ; UK film council ; Scottish Screen (Organization ; Cowboy Films ; Slate Films ; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Ltd . - Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007 . - 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. Gift Special features: 7 deleted scenes with commentary by Kevin MacDonald; exclusive documentary Capturing Idi Amin; Forest Whitaker Idi Amin featurette; Fox Movie Changgel presents Casting session The last king of Scotland. Based on the novel by Giles Foden. Languages : English ( eng) Thai ( tha) | Abstract: | Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding ground for Amin's genocidal tyranny. Amin is both seductive and horribly destructive. Garrigan grows increasingly prone to exploitation. | | Record link: | http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=24091 |
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