The Last King of Scotland Page #6

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Kevin Macdonald
Production: Fox Searchlight
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 47 wins & 31 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
2006
123 min
$17,449,410
Website
2,730 Views


for their friends in England.

Because they are having

economic difficulties, let me assure you here.

Kay.

Kay.

Kay, it's OK. It's Nick.

- What?

- I'm sorry.

She went to the village.

They had to take her to hospital.

It's been reported that you crowned yourself

the last king of Scotland.

My good friends the Scottish people have

seen how I have defeated the English here

and they want me

to do the same for them there.

Yeah. This woman here.

Did you write to the queen of England,

offering yourself as a lover?

You are very cheeky.

And this is what happens

when you betray the president.

This is what happens when you betray him.

I'm not. I enjoy it.

I could spend the rest of my life getting laid.

There should be more to it

than a lot of little tingles.

They say she has a clitoris

halfway down her throat.

Is this possible?

Medically?

Almost all aberrations of nature are possible.

I made an example of her

because she betrayed me.

I brought you those headache pills

that you asked for.

Good.

Is there anything else?

No. No, that's all.

Then go.

We are busy here.

Morning.

Come on.

- Sh*t.

- Hello? Yes.

Come on.

Yes, sir.

Nicholas, there you are.

Were you trying to run away from me?

No. No.

I need you at the airport right away

to help me with the hostages.

- Hostages?

- Yes.

An Air France aeroplane has been hijacked

by our Palestinian brothers.

They have landed here at Entebbe.

The eyes of the world are on Uganda today.

Come, Nicholas. To work.

How many passengers?

How many of them are Zionist?

And television - plenty of television cameras.

Please, tell them to take the hostages

to the terminal building.

Mr President, the press is waiting for you, sir.

I wanted to assure you that the hostages

will get the best medical care.

I have made my own doctor available.

Doctor. Doctor, what's the situation here?

One woman with a heart condition

has gone to hospital, cases of shock,

and we're giving malaria pills to everyone.

- Who's not been seen by a doctor?

- We haven't.

OK, how many of you are there?

- Yourself? You've not been seen yet?

- Malaria pills. How is everybody?

Thank you very much.

OK. OK, anybody else?

OK. Take these three. The nurse

is gonna come round with water. Nurse.

Thomas.

Thomas, can you take these, please?

I'll be two minutes.

No. Don't.

Spit.

Look at you.

Is there one thing

you have done that is good?

Did you think this was all a game?

"I will go to Africa

and I will play the white man

with the natives."

Is that what you thought?

We are not a game, Nicholas.

We are real.

This room here,

it is real.

I think your death

will be the first real thing

that has happened to you.

Listen to me, Nicholas.

Listen. I know.

Yes.

I know about you

and Kay.

How could you do that to me?

I am the father of this nation, Nicholas,

and you have

most grossly offended your father.

You're a child.

That's what makes you so f***ing scary.

In my village,

when you steal the wife of an elder,

they take you to a tree

and they hang you by your skin.

Each time you scream,

the evil comes out of you.

Sometimes it can take three days

for your evil to be spent.

Pull him up.

Good evening.

I have good news.

The Israeli government

has agreed to negotiate.

So, as a gesture of good faith,

all non-lsraeli hostages will be released.

I have arranged personally

an aeroplane to come and collect you.

Yes.

He'll be here when we come back.

This way, Israelis.

Israelis, here.

They have sent a plane.

They are releasing some of the hostages.

If you go now,

you will reach them before they leave.

Here, put this on.

Why are you doing this?

Frankly,

I don't know.

You deserve to die,

but dead, you can do nothing.

Alive, you might just be able

to redeem yourself.

I don't understand.

I am tired of hatred, Dr 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.

- What about you?

- My fate is in God's hands.

Go. Now, before they come back.

- Thank you.

- Go.

Go.

Thomas.

Stop.

Where is the doctor?

I don't know.

Destination Paris.

My wife.

There are many people

who have brokered relations with Israel.

They are not only Muslims,

they are also Christians. This particular...

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Peter Morgan

Peter Julian Robin Morgan CBE (born 10 April 1963) is a British film writer and playwright. Morgan is best known for writing the historical films and plays The Queen, Frost/Nixon, The Damned United and Rush. more…

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