The Last King of Scotland
Charming. Magnetic. Murderous.
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote.General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Worldwide
- $49M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 7 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Actor
European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
European Film Award for Best Actor
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Actor
European Film Award for Best Cinematographer
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Cinematographer
European Film Award for Best Composer
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Composer
European Film Award for Best Director
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Director
European Film Award for Best Film
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerEuropean Film Award for Best Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Last King of Scotland returned 8.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $49M
- Release date
- Sep 27, 2006
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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