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• The Last King of Scotland

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• Forest Whitaker
• Kevin Macdonald
• James McAvoy

Free 'The Last King of Scotland' screening

See Kevin Macdonald's award winning film at special screenings all over the country on December 10.

Dec  1 2006

We're giving you a chance to see Time Out favourite 'The Last King of Scotland' on Sunday, December 10, a full month before the film goes on general release. Simply head to www.seefilmfirst.com, enter the code 49086 and wait for confirmation to be sent to your email. If your preferred cinema is out of seats, you will be asked to choose another venue.

Synopsis
In an incredible twist of fate, Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), on a Ugandan medical mission, becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.