The Last King of Scotland Page #5

I'll wait, until things get really bad.

They are.

Really bad.

- Nothing.

- What?

- Nothing.

- What?

I just had this mad image of me and you

sitting at my mother and father's dinner table.

"More stew, Mrs Amin?"

Nicholas.

You've got to get out.

- What is going on?

- I don't know.

What if somebody saw us?

- Just wait two minutes and then come out.

- Yeah.

Go. Go, go, go.

Sh*t.

Dr Garrigan.

It's four in the morning.

Can I have a word with you?

- Whisky?

- OK.

They've...

they've taken my passport.

You were saying that

if there was ever anything you could do.

I need to get out of here while I still can.

I was hoping

you might be able to help in that.

- Please.

- "Please." That's a nice touch.

Have you any idea

what's going on in this country, Dr Garrigan?

Some.

In the countryside,

they're not even bothering to dig graves.

They're simply feeding them

to the crocodiles.

Right here in Kampala, right under our noses,

he's wiped out the entire political opposition.

Thousands of Acholi and Langi tribesmen

from the army.

He's hardly even bothering

to cover it up any more.

Even members of his own cabinet.

Your friend, the health minister.

This is a man who was actually

trying to help his country.

Idi always seems to get it wrong, doesn't he?

Jesus f***ing Christ.

Get me out of here.

You earn your passage first.

What?

You know what they're calling you?

His white monkey.

I'm his doctor.

- It's not my job to judge the man.

- "I'm his doctor."

Is that your defence?

How pathetic. F*** off, Garrigan.

We don't just hand out passports

to chimps like you.

Particularly not chimps

with blood on their hands.

Look, you, I'm a citizen and I have rights.

F*** your rights.

You do as I say or you don't get out of here.

You're his doctor.

You have unprecedented access to him.

Obviously, we'd help you with...

anything you needed.

You want me to kill him?

Amidst rumours of human-rights violations

and mismanagement,

the situation in Uganda

has deteriorated badly in recent months.

...ten new hospitals has had to be

deferred and all the rest of those...

Getting any definite information

from the country has become harder.

...has accused the British

of attempting to assassinate him.

...and so his policies

are growing ever more unpredictable.

The British government

has broken its promises to Uganda.

Because of this, I have decided

to expel all Asians from this country.

And these people, they are leeches.

They milk the cow,

but they do not want to feed the cow.

No longer. They have 90 days to leave.

They are too sick to leave.

Take your hands off him.

This is a sick man. How dare you?

I don't care where you get your orders from.

You cannot come into a hospital...

They're forcing our sick relatives to leave.

This is a hospital.

You get your men out of here now.

I'm complaining personally to the president.

You all right?

I'll see to this.

You're trying to help your people,

I understand that, but Uganda isn't ready, sir.

You expel the Asians now,

this economy will be on its knees,

not to mention the damage you'll do

to your reputation abroad.

Is that what you came here for?

To plead for your f***ing Asian tailor?

These things do not concern you.

You are nothing but a doctor.

You are a nobody.

Get out.

Get out.

Sarah.

Sarah.

Hello.

- What have we done?

- Who...? Kay, is that you?

He is going to kill us, Nicholas.

He is going to kill us.

I have to get it out of me.

He will kill me, Nicholas.

I have to get it out.

- What are we going to do?

- I don't know.

I want you to do it. Please.

You're a doctor. I know you can do it.

- I know you can do it, Nicholas.

- No, we can't.

I can't do that.

This isn't some simple procedure.

It has to be done under clinical conditions.

I have to...

If you don't do something now,

I'm going to have to find a place to go.

I'll have to get it done in one of the villages.

Is that what you want?

No, you don't.

Come here. Whatever you do,

you don't do that. All right?

I'm gonna sort something out.

Promise me you'll stay in the house.

Please promise me you'll stay in the house.

Promise me this...

promise this is going to be all right.

I promise.

We'll do it first thing in the morning.

Kay Amin?

- The president's wife?

- Yes.

- No. We couldn't do that here, not at Mulago.

- Why not?

It's the president's hospital.

He's bound to find out.

- We could do this discreetly.

- No.

He would kill her and us.

- It's too much to risk.

- What choice does she have?

Some backstreet job in a village somewhere?

Come on, Thomas.

You know what that means.

It's the only choice you've left her.

But I don't expect

it crossed your mind to wonder.

A white man with a black woman.

What does she need with such things?

Fine.

I'll do it myself.

The president wants to see you. Now.

My head is exploding.

I can't think. I can't sleep.

Look at this. Look at this.

The British newspapers say I am a madman.

The American newspapers

say I am a cannibal.

I am a cannibal?

These are lies.

I should throw them out for good.

Only Ugandan press from now on.

- You want something for the headache?

- No.

- Something to help you sleep, perhaps?

- Later. I want you to tell me what to do.

- You want me to tell you what to do?

- Yes. You are my adviser.

You are the only one I can trust in here.

You should've told me

not to throw the Asians out in the first place.

- I did.

- But you did not persuade me, Nicholas.

You did not persuade me.

Tell me what to do here.

Don't throw the journalists out.

They're only gonna write more lies about you.

You invite them to meet you face to face.

You charm them.

You show them what kind of a man you are.

You think this will work?

I think that's the Amin they need to see.

Thank you.

Thank you very much, Nicholas.

What would I do without my Nicholas?

What would I do without my Nicholas?

Is there something going on here?

No. No.

No.

- Is there?

- No.

No.

- Are you sure, Nicholas?

- Yes.

Yes.

Give me a booster,

something to make me feel strong again.

Sir.

- Where are you going, Nicholas?

- I have something that I have to attend to.

No.

You have to stay here.

I need you for the press conference.

This is all very well, your Excellency,

but what about the reports of mass killings?

Who have you been talking with?

The British?

Go. Look around Uganda for missing people.

Go anywhere you please.

So, why would the British

spread these rumours?

Because they hate me.

Because I refuse to recognise South Africa,

a racist regime that they support.

- Also, they are jealous of me.

- Why?

Because while they are starving

with their strikes and with their protests,

the people of Uganda

are eating beef and driving big cars.

I have created the Save Britain Fund.

We Ugandans, we like to help friends,

so the Ugandans have got together

and saved three tons of food and vegetables

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