"The Last King of Scotland (film) The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 historical drama film based on Giles Foden's novel ""The Last King of Scotland"" (1998), adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin Macdonald. The film was a co-production between companies from the United Kingdom and Germany. The film tells the fictional story of Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young Scottish doctor who travels to Uganda and becomes the personal physician of President Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). The film is based on events of Amin's rule, and the title comes from a reporter"
"won a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, or for portraying the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ""Star Wars"" prequel trilogy. In October 1997 he was ranked 36th in ""Empire"" magazine's ""The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time"" list. James McAvoy is a BAFTA Rising Star Award winning Scottish stage and screen actor. He has featured in a number of films, including 2007's BAFTA Award-winning ""The Last King of Scotland"" and Disney's highest-grossing live action film """". McAvoy was nominated for a Golden Globe for his work in 2007's ""Atonement"". He has also made appearances"
"""The Last King of Scotland"", Whitaker won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, National Board of Review Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and various critics groups' awards for a lead acting performance. Whitaker was born on July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas, the son of Laura Francis (""née"" Smith), a special education teacher who put herself through college and earned two master's degrees while raising her children, and Forest Steven Whitaker Jr., an insurance salesman. A DNA test has shown that his mother had Akan ancestry, while his father was of Igbo descent. When Whitaker was four, his"
"Online Film Critics Society Awards 2006 The 10th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 8 January 2007. United 93 Martin Scorsese – ""The Departed"" Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" Helen Mirren – ""The Queen"" Jackie Earle Haley – ""Little Children"" Abigail Breslin – ""Little Miss Sunshine"" ""Pan's Labyrinth"" – Guillermo del Toro ""Children of Men"" – David Arata, Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby and Timothy J. Sexton Pan's Labyrinth An Inconvenient Truth A Scanner Darkly ""Children of Men"" – Emmanuel Lubezki ""United 93"" – Clare Douglas, Richard"
"2004: Jamie Foxx – ""Ray"" as Ray Charles † 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""Capote"" as Truman Capote † 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin † 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview † 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk † 2009: Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" as Otis ""Bad"" Blake † 2010: Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" as King George VI † 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King ‡ 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln † 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas"
"lost to ""Dreamgirls"". The Broadcast Film Critics Association named it the Best Comedy Movie of 2006, and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Baron Cohen won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. He received equivalent awards from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, the Utah Film Critics Association, the Toronto Film Critics Association, and the Online Film Critics Society. The Los Angeles Film Critics Association tied Baron Cohen with Forest Whitaker in ""The Last King of Scotland"" for their title of Best Actor. Baron"
"Pearson and Christopher Rouse ""The Fountain"" – Clint Mansell Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – ""Little Miss Sunshine"" Sacha Baron Cohen – ""Borat"" Online Film Critics Society Awards 2006 The 10th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 8 January 2007. United 93 Martin Scorsese – ""The Departed"" Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" Helen Mirren – ""The Queen"" Jackie Earle Haley – ""Little Children"" Abigail Breslin – ""Little Miss Sunshine"" ""Pan's Labyrinth"" – Guillermo del Toro ""Children of Men"" – David Arata, Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby and"
"and alluded to in the film ""The Last King of Scotland"" in 2006, a movie which earned actor Forest Whitaker an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Amin. During Amin's time in power, popular media outside of Uganda often portrayed him as an essentially comic and eccentric figure. In a 1977 assessment typical of the time, a ""Time"" magazine article described him as a ""killer and clown, big-hearted buffoon and strutting martinet"". The comedy-variety series ""Saturday Night Live"" aired four Amin sketches between 1976 and 1979, including one in which he was an ill-behaved houseguest in exile,"
"12th Critics' Choice Awards The 12th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 20, 2007, honoring the finest achievements of 2006 filmmaking. The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California and was broadcast on E!. ""' Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" ""' Helen Mirren – ""The Queen"" ""' ""Cars"" ""' ""Little Miss Sunshine"" ""' ""Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"" ""' Philip Glass – ""The Illusionist"" ""' Martin Scorsese – ""The Departed"" ""' ""An Inconvenient Truth"" ""' ""Charlotte's Web"" ""' ""Letters from Iwo Jima"" •"
"11th Satellite Awards The 11th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2006, were given on December 18, 2006. Auteur Award – Robert Altman Mary Pickford Award – Martin Landau Nikola Tesla Award – Richard Donner Outstanding Guest Star – Jerry Lewis ""' Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" ""' Joseph Cross – ""Running with Scissors"" ""' Helen Mirren – ""The Queen"" ""' Meryl Streep – ""The Devil Wears Prada"" ""' ""Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)"" ""' ""Flags of Our Fathers"" – Henry Bumstead, Richard Goddard, and Jack G. Taylor Jr. ""' ""Flags of"
"""Capote"" as Truman Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk 2009: George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" as Ryan Bingham 2010: James Franco – ""127 Hours"" as Aron Ralston 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass 2016:"
"2007, ""The Departed"" won four Academy Awards: Best Picture (Graham King), Best Director (Martin Scorsese), Best Film Editing (Thelma Schoonmaker), and Best Adapted Screenplay (William Monahan). Mark Wahlberg was also nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award for his performance, but he lost to Alan Arkin for his role in ""Little Miss Sunshine"". The film marked the first time Scorsese won an Oscar after six previous losses. Many felt that he deserved it years earlier for prior efforts. Some have even gone further, calling it a Lifetime Achievement Award for a lesser film. Scorsese himself joked that he won because:"
"where it won the Special Jury Prize. In 2007, he received the BAFTA award for best adapted screenplay for ""The Last King of Scotland"", co-written with Peter Morgan. He is the co-creator of ""Casualty"" with Paul Unwin. They created ""Casualty"" as what they saw as a ""Thatcherite attack on our National Health Service"", and that in 1985, ""it felt like all that good work was about to be dismantled"". Both Unwin and Brock had a shared love of ""M*A*S*H"". The A&E department that they created was to be their ""frontline in the battle for the soul of the NHS"". They"
"Miller. 60th British Academy Film Awards The 60th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 11 February 2007 and honoured the best films of 2006. ""The Queen"" won Best Film and Best Actress for Helen Mirren. Paul Greengrass won Best Director for ""United 93"", which also won Best Editing. Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for ""The Last King of Scotland"", which also won Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. The ceremony also featured the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, which was awarded to ""Happy Feet"", directed by"
"London Film Critics Circle Awards 2006 The 27th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2006, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2007. United 93 The Queen ""Volver"" • Spain Paul Greengrass - ""United 93"" Stephen Frears - ""The Queen"" Peter Morgan - ""The Queen"" Forest Whitaker - ""The Last King of Scotland"" Meryl Streep - ""The Devil Wears Prada"" Toby Jones - ""Infamous"" Helen Mirren - ""The Queen"" Michael Caine - ""The Prestige"" Emily Blunt - ""The Devil Wears Prada"" Andrea Arnold - ""Red Road"" Paul Greengrass, Eric Fellner, Tim"
"Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"" and "" Rian Johnson – ""Brick"" Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006 The 19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 28, 2006 honored the best in film for 2006. Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" Helen Mirren – ""The Queen"" ""Children of Men"" – Emmanuel Lubezki Martin Scorsese – ""The Departed"" An Inconvenient Truth The Departed ""Letters from Iwo Jima"", United States ""The Fountain"" – Clint Mansell ""The Departed"" – William Monahan ""The Queen"" – Peter Morgan Jackie Earle Haley – ""Little Children"" Rinko Kikuchi – ""Babel"" Sacha Baron"
"60th British Academy Film Awards The 60th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 11 February 2007 and honoured the best films of 2006. ""The Queen"" won Best Film and Best Actress for Helen Mirren. Paul Greengrass won Best Director for ""United 93"", which also won Best Editing. Forest Whitaker won Best Actor for ""The Last King of Scotland"", which also won Outstanding British Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. The ceremony also featured the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, which was awarded to ""Happy Feet"", directed by George"
"Bevan - ""United 93"" London Film Critics Circle Awards 2006 The 27th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2006, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2007. United 93 The Queen ""Volver"" • Spain Paul Greengrass - ""United 93"" Stephen Frears - ""The Queen"" Peter Morgan - ""The Queen"" Forest Whitaker - ""The Last King of Scotland"" Meryl Streep - ""The Devil Wears Prada"" Toby Jones - ""Infamous"" Helen Mirren - ""The Queen"" Michael Caine - ""The Prestige"" Emily Blunt - ""The Devil Wears Prada"" Andrea Arnold - ""Red Road"" Paul"
"""This Is England"", directed by Shane Meadows, was voted Outstanding British Film of 2007. Anthony Hopkins 61st British Academy Film Awards The 61st British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 10 February 2008 and honoured the best films of 2007. ""Atonement"" won Best Film, while Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, won Best Director for ""No Country for Old Men"", which also went on to win Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actor for Javier Bardem. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for ""There Will Be Blood"", Marion Cotillard won Best Actress for"
"2006 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 41st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 6 January 2007, honored the best in film for 2006. 1. ""Pan's Labyrinth"" (""El laberinto del fauno"")<br> 2. ""The Death of Mr. Lazarescu"" (""Moartea domnului Lăzărescu"")<br> 3. ""Letters from Iwo Jima"" 1. Paul Greengrass – ""United 93""<br> 2. Guillermo del Toro – ""Pan's Labyrinth"" (""El laberinto del fauno"")<br> 2. Martin Scorsese – ""The Departed"" 1. Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland""<br> 2. Peter O'Toole – ""Venus""<br> 3. Ryan Gosling – ""Half Nelson"" 1. Helen Mirren – ""The Queen""<br> 2. Laura Dern"
"Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006 The 19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 28, 2006 honored the best in film for 2006. Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" Helen Mirren – ""The Queen"" ""Children of Men"" – Emmanuel Lubezki Martin Scorsese – ""The Departed"" An Inconvenient Truth The Departed ""Letters from Iwo Jima"", United States ""The Fountain"" – Clint Mansell ""The Departed"" – William Monahan ""The Queen"" – Peter Morgan Jackie Earle Haley – ""Little Children"" Rinko Kikuchi – ""Babel"" Sacha Baron Cohen – ""Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit"
"2017. Firth added, ""I will always be extremely British (you only have to look at or listen to me)."" Interviews Further reading Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's ""The King's Speech"" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the ""Brit Pack"" of"
"Sylvester McCoy Sylvester McCoy (born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith; 20 August 1943) is a Scottish actor, best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" from 1987 to 1989—the final Doctor of the original run—and briefly returning in a television film in 1996. He was born Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith in Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula, to an Irish mother and English father, killed in action in World War II a couple of months before his son was born. His maternal grandmother was from Portadown, Northern Ireland. He was raised"
"The Little Mermaid Winners: Losers: Winners: Losers: 11th Satellite Awards The 11th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2006, were given on December 18, 2006. Auteur Award – Robert Altman Mary Pickford Award – Martin Landau Nikola Tesla Award – Richard Donner Outstanding Guest Star – Jerry Lewis ""' Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" ""' Joseph Cross – ""Running with Scissors"" ""' Helen Mirren – ""The Queen"" ""' Meryl Streep – ""The Devil Wears Prada"" ""' ""Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)"" ""' ""Flags of Our Fathers"" – Henry Bumstead, Richard Goddard, and"
"(2005). Malcolm Stoddard Malcolm Stoddard (born 20 July 1948) is a British actor who has appeared in films and television. He attended the all-male grammar school Chichester High School For Boys. His TV credits include ""The Voyage of Charles Darwin"", ""Colditz"", ""The Brothers"", ""The New Avengers"", """" (1974), ""Blake's 7"", ""The Treachery Game"", ""The Assassination Run"", ""Squadron"", ""By the Sword Divided"", ""Juliet Bravo"", ""Boon"", ""The Bill"", ""Families"", ""Emmerdale"", ""The Campbells"", ""Heartbeat"" and ""Road to Avonlea"". His films include ""Luther"" (1973), ""S.O.S. Titanic"" (1979), ""The Godsend"" (1980), ""Tree of Hands"" (1989), ""Gulliver's Travels"" (1996), ""Treasure Island"" (1999) and ""Dil Jo Bhi"
"Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2006 The 10th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 19 December 2006. Runners-Up: Ryan Gosling – ""Half Nelson"" and Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" Runners-Up: Penélope Cruz – ""Volver"" and Judi Dench – ""Notes on a Scandal"" Runners-Up: ""Over the Hedge"" and ""A Scanner Darkly"" Runners-Up: ""The Journals of Knud Rasmussen"", ""Monkey Warfare"" and ""Six Figures"" Runners-Up: Paul Greengrass – ""United 93"" and Martin Scorsese – ""The Departed"" Runners-Up: ""Deliver Us from Evil"" and ""An Inconvenient Truth"" Runners-Up: ""The Departed"" and ""United 93"""
"studio had tampered with his film too much. He directed David Bowie’s 50th birthday celebration at Madison Square Gardens in 1997, working with Bowie to construct the show over a long period. The show featured other artists, including Pope’s old friend Robert Smith, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, Frank Black, the Foo Fighters and Lou Reed. Shortly afterwards, Pope read and bought the rights for ""The Last King of Scotland"" and brought Oscar winner Forest Whitaker to the project as Idi Amin (though he left the project due to differences on the progress of the film, in particular with"
"USA The Departed ""' ""Elizabeth I"" ""' ""Listen"" performed by Beyoncé – ""Dreamgirls"" ""Dreamgirls"" ""' Eddie Murphy – ""Dreamgirls"" ""' Jennifer Hudson – ""Dreamgirls"" ""' Michael Arndt – ""Little Miss Sunshine"" ""' Paul Dano – ""Little Miss Sunshine"" ""' Abigail Breslin – ""Little Miss Sunshine"" 12th Critics' Choice Awards The 12th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 20, 2007, honoring the finest achievements of 2006 filmmaking. The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California and was broadcast on E!. ""' Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" ""' Helen Mirren – ""The"
"fathered; most say that he had 30 to 45. Until 2003, Taban Amin (born 1955), Idi Amin's eldest son, was the leader of West Nile Bank Front (WNBF), a rebel group opposed to the government of Yoweri Museveni. In 2005, he was offered amnesty by Museveni, and in 2006, he was appointed Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organisation. Another of Amin's sons, Haji Ali Amin, ran for election as Chairman (i.e. mayor) of Njeru Town Council in 2002 but was not elected. In early 2007, the award-winning film ""The Last King of Scotland"" prompted one of his sons,"
"Colin Firth Colin Andrew Firth (born 10 September 1960) is an English actor, who has received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. In 2010, Firth's portrayal of King George VI in Tom Hooper's ""The King's Speech"" won him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Identified in the late 1980s with the ""Brit Pack"" of rising, young British actors, it was not until his portrayal of Fitzwilliam Darcy in the 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's ""Pride"
"16 other people, including the lawyers who helped with the house sale. Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer, who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, one of them being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films, between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""The Untouchables""."
"(2003); and Forest Whitaker, whom he coached to speak with specific regional African intonations and inflections for Whitaker's Oscar-winning performance as Ugandan political leader Idi Amin in ""The Last King of Scotland"" (2006). Reportedly, when Robert Duvall first asked Easton to teach him how to speak like a Virginian, the seasoned dialect coach responded, ""'Which one? There are twelve distinct accents'"". Easton's reputation as a dialect coach extended beyond Hollywood sets and Broadway stages. Over the years, he was also hired by business executives, trial lawyers, religious leaders, university professors, and by others who sought to soften their accents or"
"British Empire (OBE) on 17 June 2006. Charles Dance Walter Charles Dance, (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. Some of his most high-profile roles are Tywin Lannister in HBO's ""Game of Thrones"" (2011–2015), Guy Perron in ""The Jewel in the Crown"" (1984), Sardo Numspa in ""The Golden Child"" (1986), Jonathan Clemens in ""Alien 3"" (1992), Benedict in ""Last Action Hero"" (1993), the Master Vampire in ""Dracula Untold"" (2014), Lord Havelock Vetinari in ""Terry Pratchett's Going Postal"" (2010), Alastair Denniston in ""The Imitation Game"" (2014), and Emperor Emhyr var Emreis in """" (2015). Charles Dance"