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Character: Dr. Nicholas Garrigan Release Date: January 12, 2007 Director: Kevin Macdonald Written By: Peter Morgan (screenplay) and Jeremy Brock (screenplay) Tagline: Charming. Magnetic. Murderous. Genre: Drama/Thriller MPAA Rating: R More Cast Forest Whitaker ... Idi Amin Kerry Washington ... Kay Amin Gillian Anderson ... Sarah Merrit Simon McBurney ... Stone David Oyelowo ... Dr. Junju James's Character James plays Dr. Nicholas Garrigan, a young doctor from Scotland who wants to leave Scotland and teach elsewhere. He picks Uganda and finds himself befriending the dictator of the country. At first, he finds the dictator to be a nice man, until Idi Amin lets him into his world. Plot In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out. Pictures Click on the pictures to view more in our gallery: Quotes Nicholas Garrigan: Why are you doing this? Djonjo: Frankly, I don't know. You deserve to die. But dead, you can do nothing. Alive, you might just be able to redeem yourself. Nicholas Garrigan: I don't understand. Djonjo: I am tired of hatred, Doctor Garrigan. This country is drowning in it. We deserve better... Go home. Tell the world the truth about Amin. They will believe you; you are a white man. Nicholas Garrigan: I didn't want him to die though. Idi Amin: But you did it. Why? You want to know why? Nicholas Garrigan: Yes. Idi Amin: You did it because you love me. Nicholas Garrigan: You're a child. That's what makes you so fucking scary. Idi Amin: I want you to tell me what to do. Nicholas Garrigan: You want ME to tell YOU what to do? Idi Amin: Yes, you are my advisor. You are the only one I can trust in here. You should have told me not to throw the Asians out, in the first place. Nicholas Garrigan: I DID! Idi Amin: But you did not persuade me, Nicholas. You did not persuade me! Idi Amin: Before I forget, I need to ask you a favor. Nicholas Garrigan: Anything. Idi Amin: I will be in Libya next week, and I need you to attend a meeting in my place. Nicholas Garrigan: What kind of meeting? Idi Amin: A simple matter of taste and common sense. I cannot think of anyone better than you. Nicholas Garrigan: I can't. It fucking stinks. I can't help coming back to that moment when I asked you to talk to him. This isn't me. I have to go home now. Idi Amin: You cannot. Nicholas Garrigan: What? Idi Amin: Your work is not finished here yet. Idi Amin: You promised to me you would help me build a new Uganda. You swore an oath. Nicholas Garrigan: The oath is... erm... it's, it's a doctor’s oath of confidentiallity; we all take it. It's got nothing to do with Uganda. Idi Amin: Huh? Nothing? Nothing comes from nothing. You have a conscience, I know you do. That is why you came here in the first place. Or are you like all the other British. Just here to fuck and to take away? No? Why else would I trust you with my family? You are like my own son. Trivia James passed out while filming the torture scene. It is the first Western production shot in Uganda since The African Queen in 1950. The airplane shown at the very end taking the hijack victims to safety is an Antonov An-12BK. The Last King of Scotland is a fictional account, but one which incorporates real events. "The Last King of Scotland" is a moniker that Amin bestowed on himself. The Times journalist is played by Dr. Dick Stockley who is a British doctor who lives and works in Kampala, Uganda. The film opened on general release in Uganda on February 23rd 2007. In the first scene in the village, where Idi Amin does his speech one of the spectators can be seen wearing a boy scout uniform with a Canadian flag on the chest. The black Mercedes presidential limousine used in the film had actually been Amin's. > imdb > Official Site