The Last King of Scotland - The Myth of Idi Amin
Director Kevin Macdonald explains the power that Idi Amin had over his own people through stories that were told about him.
The next time you are about to judge someone else, ask yourself if you yourself are in no need of improvement. We should learn from these horrible past events and strive to prevent history from repeating itself.
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WAS HE A TOTALITARIAN LEADER???
hey guys my name is Kristy
Im doing a school report on Idi Amin and have to link it to weather or not he is a totalitarian leader. i know what my thoughts are but would love to have other people's oppinions!!!!
thanks,
That, i can assure you, are just STORIES, created by american politicians to generate public opinion against saddam hussein, because they could no longer SUCK OIL FROM HIS PEOPLE. Same with joseph stalin, and his FICTIONAL tens of millions of innocent victims, realise that these are, after all "cold War" enemies. you wouldn't talk good about your enemies right? youtube e?lence avrupa webmaster porno izle youtube izlesene video izle
Hi from the Future King of Scotland. no BS!!!!
Hello everyone
This is the first time I have visited this website. Let me introduce myself. My name in Mr Edward Joseph Philip Marszalek. Polish Surname, English heritage. Well I say that because I was born in England in a little place called Todmorden, which is on the border between Lancashire and Yorkshire. I then moved to Lancaster to my grandparents house. I played around then did by degree in Computer Science at York, graduating in 1992 with A BSc. I then played at a career in IT. I've beome bored of that and .... boring stuff and me moaning. lol. The point I want to make is from My grandparents I am 3/4 Polish, but the intersting bit is I'm 1/4 Scotish. That doesn't sound very interesting until I say that my Grandmother on my Dad's side, was called Ruth Wallace. She had two sisters, called Mary and Jean, who wer daughters of a vicar in Penrith. They had a brother who unfortunately was killed in the Second World war. So, unfortunately, I am the True and rightful next in line, being a direct decendent from William wallace. (You can still see Bill's sword in a tower in Stirling) But I dont want to rock the boat, But Why didn't I get any roalties from this film ? lol
Cheers
Ed
edos88@googlemail.com
Uilleam Uallas; 1272 – 23 August 1305...was a knight landowner,
Wallace enters history when he killed William Heselrig, the English Sheriff of Lanark, in May 1297.as an outlaw he led the scottish rebellion against Edward (longshanks) the english king
Wallace evaded capture by the English until 5 August 1305 when John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to Edward, turned Wallace over to English soldiers at Robroyston near Glasgow. Wallace was transported to London and taken to Westminster Hall, where he was tried for treason and was crowned with a garland of oak to suggest he was the king of outlaws. He responded to the treason charge, "I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject." With this, Wallace asserted that the absent John Balliol was officially his king. Wallace was declared guilty.and hideously executed.
wallace wasnt king, he never laid claim to the scottish throne.i cant refute your claim to be a descendant of wallace,however your claim to be heir, is ignoble , at best. your inquiry about royalties...contemptible
Idi Amin surely is guilty of crimes, but like saddam hussein, Joseph stalin, and Qadafi, i hope i got the spelling right, their crimes were, how to say, INFLATED, western mass media exaggerated INCREDIBLY the mistakes that those humans made. Example, Saddam Hussein, all those stories about him killing kurds and, well, any story about him killing his own people in any way, and weapons of mass destruction.That, i can assure you, are just STORIES, created by american politicians to generate public opinion against saddam hussein, because they could no longer SUCK OIL FROM HIS PEOPLE. Same with joseph stalin, and his FICTIONAL tens of millions of innocent victims, realise that these are, after all "cold War" enemies. you wouldn't talk good about your enemies right?
You people make me sick.
first off stick to the topic at hand.
idi amin was a terrible man.
at one point he was a human being
but he went out of his mind!
he killed thousands of people and any man who says that thats a hero,
should be lined up against a wall and shot.
because they have no heart.
i myself am not a fan or one for violence, but since when do people get the idea that genocide is the answer?
how is what idi amin did to his country right?
you can give me a million reasons, but they wont mean shit,
especially since those people that he killed were innocent human beings.
He was VERY sick but he was a great politician. It is too bad he was VERY sick.
I believe it's worth watching and of course worth appreciating just like paste bulgaria. I hate the idea of discrimination and i really try each day to influence people who just think bad.
Food for thought: How many thousands of people in this world do not have the freedom that we all have had to be able to go and see a movie whenever they want to? We should all be grateful for the lives we are leading.
Ask yourselves, what have you done today to help those people who are in dire need?
The next time you are about to judge someone else, ask yourself if you yourself are in no need of improvement. We should learn from these horrible past events and strive to prevent history from repeating itself.
Begin making the world a better place by bettering your own morals, behavior, values, etc.
~Keeping a positive outlook at the world and our future~
-Hopeful :)
I'm disturbed by how we all make judgments about other cultures and assume we are right. Our answer may make sense in OUR culture but take it out of context and we expose our own dysfunctions. I found it disturbing seeing the people of Uganda americanized. It really exposed the idea of American priorities and what we place value in. The hairstyles, cars, singing, fashion, etc. which mimic the American way seem out of place within that culture. I cant imagine that living in Uganda and being surrounded by death, starvation, and disease, people would be concerned with “American” concerns like fashion... yet they are.... how messed up is that?
I think that Idi Amin's obsession with the American culture parallels the Americas obsession with themselves. The doctor was a victim to it in this film as well. He chose to leave the poor people of Uganda for a more comfortable lifestyle where the poor was brushed under the carpet. The American culture is so preoccupied with it's own wellbeing they forget to look around and see how there actions or non actions effect the rest of the world.
P.S Palestine, Israel, and religion in general are not the cause of the worlds turmoil and chaos. Think outside the box.
FUCK PALESTINE, FUCK ISRAEL & CHRISTIANS, FUCK RELIGION.
THESE ARE THE REAL REASONS FOR TURMOIL AND CHAOS IN THIS WORLD. TRY PHILOSOPHY INSTEAD AND GET OVER THESE BULLSHIT FAIRYTALES THAT YOU GREW UP WITH! YOU WERE ALL TAUGHT TO FEAR "GOD". YOU WERE NOT TAUGHT THE TRUTH. AT SOME POINT YOU NEED GROW UP AND SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION. JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE FEARFUL OF DEATH DOES NOT MEAN YOU SHOULD CLING TO A RELIGION. FREE YOURSELF FROM THIS SLAVERY OF MIND AND SOUL!
You need a translator to be able to understand some of the posts on this site. What a group of geniuses you are!
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idi amin as an ass hole. He should burn in hell, what a monster... Seriously banning people from a country and reducing their pay by 40% for no apparent reason... what a gay fat ass...
To -Mike Rowland, San Antonio Texas shut the fuck up for christ stake
bush is a fuckin dictator and knob heads like you are the real reason 99.9%
of the world hates the fucking usa
as for the film I thought it was done right, in terms of not another bloodbath type film about africa that has being throwing in our faces over the past 1-2 years and how the whites there are evil, while if they showed the true side of africans as they did their fair share of fuckin rapes and murders.
To fox when are youse going to do a film on the rape and murder of Iraq by the usa? oh sorry I forgot youse freed that poor nation, so how good is their OIL?
I just hope wankbag bush does not see these comments as i live in a small nation and there the ones the usa likes to invade as youse did to IRAQ as fact's prove there has being more killings and car bombings since the us invade that poor nation,must make u feel proud 2 b an american to b able to kill a nation?
Yeah, guy droning on about Dubya. Shutup and moan somewhere else you little piss face.
Amin was a dreadful dictator. I personally think you can make Hitler look humane and lovable. Macdonald does show the man's humane side although I think it can easily be done.
The movie has a great ending, so suspenseful and thrilling.
I recommend this movie to all.
-Luke
Queensland, Australia
HEY "BUSH GUY" - this is a fucking thread about UGANDA & IDI AMIN - NOT YOUR FUCKING private political SOAPBOX you FUCKING RETARD! WE WANT TO DISCUSS THE FUCKING FILM HERE - NOT GEORGE BUSH. FUCK I am fucking TIRED of little scrawny shitbags like you, tapping away in some Seattle fucking coffee house, REEKING of patchouli oil, blaming HIM for YOUR FUCKING MISERABLE SHITTY LIFE - GET OVER IT FAGGY-VON-FAGGster!
You want to make a difference? Huh? do you shit-4-brains? elect a third, or fourth or fucking FIFTH PARTY, BUT DO THE REST OF US A FAVOR YOU LITTLE HIGH SCHOOL CIVICS GEEK - STOP USING EVERY SPACE ON THE NET TO BASH THE GUY - WE Get it, we get it!
*****now, lets move on to Idi Amin - WOW, what a terrible fellow (see, that was easy - you little queer).
-Mike Rowland, San Antonio Texas
If you have ever been a victim of medical malpractice and suffered at hands of doctors who in naivety or lust for power greed or to prove that they can rule to, you would find the complete irony of a doctor being victimized with the same cruelty they practice on persons they deem as fools. the doctor in this story also displayed the very prevalent naivety that goes into a ritualy abusive person who feels that the four years of med school they go to grants them all knowing intelligence. the same kind of naive irrational thinking patterns that this doctor displayed that led for the two people to dies for me was a scary reality of the reason i was tortured to madness by medical abuse and failures. i think i know it all, im young arrogant, and instead of acting out on knowing what my actions will produce i will just do it and learn from my mistakes later and not get cought instead of thinking and caring what will happen and i can prevent pain suffering. im serious. i had wanted for years to do to my doctor what idi Amin did to that guy. as a film making person and social conscious soul had my life not been led to mutilation by the profession, i would have felt sad for the jerk instead i want to use this film in my legal proceedings to sue the doctors who abused me with same cruelty and cold heart that Idi used on people .some of the doctors i was abused by or all were manipulators like the medical profession. it was sad to see a jerk in action and the result it produced to not use your fucking head in Uganda with a black man. TO bad he got away without both his legs and arms being displaced too. a good film any way. moved along into place and got my interest to end. putting a different perspective on the game.
I'm the first to admit Bush is a fool in a dunce cap....and that he wasn't elected....he stole the damn presidency and we sat back and watched...because he hijacked the same idiots who follow without thinking everywhere....
But this is a new experience....at least I protested our government without fear of it (in the sixties). No one is doing that now....and no one in the media is covering the few that do....why?
Because the US OWNS the f***ing media! And they would lose their place in the Washington Press Corps if they told the truth.
We are no different then the leaders we profess to hate. And we are getting more and more like the Idi Amin's of the world. I shudder.
Yo, wut it do...other than the gay guys along with the backtreet boys and we is in tha hafizzle ma nizzle...im jus stoppin by to say that yall is jus sayin that stuff cuz the man was black....racist pigs anyway...why yall whiteys on here sayin the man was a monster?? dang people....fo shizzle my main mizzle pizzle....its all good in the shizzle here dizzle wizzle!!! pz out my people
to the person who wrote 'I think many nations could learn from governments like the US. We never have a leader in power long enough for them to become insane like Amin, Saddam, or Kim jung ill." boy, you need to read American History 101. read a newspaper about your own government! Bush...give me break! that's not a leader...that's an idiot in a Dunce cap that the whole world can see is a fool, why cant you Americans admit that to the rest of the world? at least non Americans admit that they have a dictator...you people look at Bush and know he's an idiot, know that he is not the real power in the US, know that e is basically a war monger and yet you don’t admit it even to your selves! WAKE THE FUCK UP!
you go on to say that 'I also wonder when I look at all the past comments how many people of the world would give up voting in their own election just to vote in the US elections. your right many of us would give up voting in our own elections if given the chance to vote in US elections...mostly because the US puts its nose into everyone's politics and country struggles...we would want to elect someone in the US that would care more about taking care of the problems of his own nation; unemployment, homelessness, drug abuse etc...and less time on starting a war that has nothing to do with you and don’t you dare think that Iraq had something to do with the US other that 1) The US wants control of the oil 2) you didn’t want to go looking for Bin Laden as his father is a personal friend of Bush......read a book that doesn’t have pictures!
very nice film and please be realistic hollywood because really sometimes u guys really push it .............peace viva p a l e s t i n a
FREE Palestine from the jewish people that trying to take our land
free palestine free palestine free palestine free palestine free palestine
It is sad to realize that all our past became a deal in a future. In early sixties after Lumumba was assassinated, and Mobutu was placed on power, by Americans mainly, nobody said a word even the so called the UN, forty years later, after a bloodshed life that took more than 5, 000, 000 Congolese, the initiative is again taken by the same people, Americans and Mubutu is out, here comes Kabila whom unfortunately doesn’t cooperate well, guess what, he is dead, just like Lumumba. Movies like the last King of Scotland make a difference yes, but how does it help the actual world, that’s an important question, portraying Amini didn’t make the British bears their responsibility of having chosen him, since he wanted to get the power, they could have stopped him, but they didn’t and again they wanted to complete the encyclopedia which says that Africans enjoy killing each other, it will be better if our white brothers could start looking at both side and call spade a spade, they are breaking the ice, but only one side of the ice, and if you try to break all the sides, well they will kill, these examples are clear and simple to see, the case of the assassination of the former Rwandan President. I’m pretty sure that the UN knows who’s responsible and again they are protecting their own interest, and later, well Africans will be held responsible of their death. Honestly, the one who takes the gun is an African, but still that should not make him the only responsible. I am a filmmaker and my moto is not to keep the present for the future, tell the story when it is there, this is what I believe in,
Bravo Kevin,
What has this to do with Mugabe? (note spelling). the whole thing about Rhodesians is appalling. They were a minority oppressing a majority and could only be removed by war. They have no right to even raise their heads, they should be repenting their evil actions. How dare they think they are any better that Amin!
Oh my god, this world has many more horrors and Idi Amin DaDas to come...
"Great Movie!"
Well done Kevin, great preformance Forrest!
And Congrats for achiving best actor!
I loved the movie and I am glad that Forest Whitaker got the Oscar 'cause he is trully good in all his parts, I just wonder if it is coincidential that a black actor got an Oscar playing the 'bad' African, or in some way conveniant...
Anyway, more movies like this should be made even they are through a ''western eye''. Very powerful!
you should have done sme thing about your own bob astles than amin or garrigan etc...amin was who he was and who he was suppossed be
to nothing to please the west an shit....let da brother live and rest in peace.
Hi Hollowood,
How about your next movie of the world longest malitary regime "Ne Win" from BURMA since 1960 until now.
What abour novel peace price winner "Aung San Su Kyi" she is now still under house-arrest (since 1990).
- political prisoners
- violation of basic human rights
- tortured and their families pressured
- forced labor and etc
What ever you say those all are in Burma
"May Amin rot in hell with the rest of the monsters that have plagued this planet: Hitler, Pinochet, Pol Pot, Videla, Duvalier, etc."
Add Reagan, Bush and Henry Kissinger to your list. I'm sick of these mindless regurgitation of the propaganda put out by the West, against anyone that remotely threatens their economic interest and power structure to benefit the few. Poor people of the world, including in the West, should be wary of the increasing violent tendencies of the wealthy and the powerful in their own fold.
To the person that wondered, "... how many people of the world would give up voting in their own election just to vote in the US elections."
Alas, even Americans won't vote in the US elections. HAHA!
This movie was intense!! I still don't understand why it was called "The Last King of Scotland." What connection did Amin have to Scotland? I was worn out by the end of the movie - Forest Whittaker will take the Oscar!!
Has anyone ever seen the house where the financial overseer lived in at the bend of the Nile? The landscape was trimmed to look like the animals of the forrest. The floors had beautiful hand laid tile. At night the servamts went to their houses out back,and the dogs were released for the dog run in front of those houses to keep the slaves inside their houses. Let's be real,the colonizers left behind brutal people who carried out their responsibilities with sometimes brutality of unimaginable cruelty. Also, why did the Hebrews want to go to Uganda instead of Palestine but the Balfour ...oh well, let's wait until after the Oscars are over.to share again. Poor Mr. Amin, who wanted so much more for his people. Maybe a part 2 will be made.
Re: "take it for GRANITE?" What....
A reminder that not everyone in the world has English as a first language, although we tried to conquer everyone to make bloody sure they did :-D
Bless you who ever you are.
I was in the 6th form at school when Idi took over Uganda and my town recieved many of the Asians that fled at the time. We were asked to help with the childrens reading classes for one afternoon a week at the local junior school. I was aware of what was happening according to the media and it definitely had an impact on myself and others around me.
I met Idi Amin in exile, very unexpectedly and I was very concerned at the time because I too had heard all the terrible stories.
My observation was that he really cared for his children and was very polite and kindly. His family obviously loved him very much. I can only speak as I find.
Who knows the truth?
We listen to what we are told by our governments and sometimes I wonder if the truth is actually bent to suit, nothing would surprise me.
"take it for GRANITE?" What the hell would that mean?
Please people. Granted. Granted. Granted.
A story that had to be told. Perhaps not wholly accurate but it captures the energy of the time and the place. I am a Ugandan, I left in 1970, I was lucky.
People who don't know the history or don't remember should see this film. Although sad and disturbing in parts, it is cathartic and it should give the people who were affected by the actions of Idi Amin to look at the old wounds, air them and give them a chance to heal.
Africa needs to look at films such as this one to understand that humanity begins at home, tribal thinking means war and murder and the future is about being a spiritual collective.
If you have never been to Uganda then go... it will surprise you, it is a beautiful country with an incredible energy and today has recovered much of it's spirit.
"cant we all just get along,,, war dont work. it keeps all of us working class people poor on both sides of the coin..thanks to war we are going broke paying outragous gas prices..we can thank the republicans for that too..oh the movie...im looking forward to seeing it when it comes out on dvd...promote love not hate..peace not war.."
Another idiotic liberal walking bumper sticker!
I am originally from RDC (Republic Democratic of Congo), and I wish one day to produce a movie about another african dictator like Idi Amin: Mobutu Sese Seko: I think the toughest part of that production will be to find an actor who will portray the crazy dictator.
This movie was not good, the worst lies i have ever seen in a so called "true story" movie.
I am a ugandan living in europe. Am sick and tired of people in medie, books protraying Amin as an evil, heartless man,comparing him to Saddam, which he wasn,t. Saying that he killed half of the population, eating people and killing people and giving the dead bodies to crocodiles. oK so he killed a very few people who were against him but which president doesn,t even though they do it in secret. Idi is the best president we Ugandans have ever had.He opened our eyes and made ugandans first class citizens in our country. He was not a YES man,like many presidents in Africa who do what ever the white people tell them to do. He was there for us ugandans, he made Ugandans take controll of our country, other wise we would have been as South Africa living in ghettos and having hopless jobs.May God bless Idi Amin. I wish the medie and the rest of the world could understand what a great man Idi Amin was for us Ugandans. GOD BLESS IDI AMIN
Tell me something, Idi Amin was bad, but did he ever have any good side? i doubt. i have not seen the movie but read books. Amin was very bad, I think he is still alive, sorry to those who lost their lives. He was brutal, and well he took no nonsense from the whiteman, probably his only good side. The physician should thank God he lived to tell the story, if he ever did. Lived to tell the STORY...
is very sad that Hollywood made a movie to glorified the monster of UGANDA HE WAS A MURDER A sadic a sick mental he rape brutal children, womens and old people why we have to create a movie for this mercenary ???
This film was excellent in many ways, the acting, the direction, etc.. there are however, potential flaws in the plot.
Not enough pathos was created for the viewer to feel sympathy for the doctor and Amin's wife when they were brutally punished for betraying Amin. Even though his methods were macabre by any measure, ultimately Amin stood as a man betrayed on two fronts regardless of his treatment of his wife or the doctor.
Perhaps on some levels, this is the Spartacus effect of leaving the viewer feeling divided in empathy for the different characters which is the triumph of the film.
To the person who said we can learn from the American system of government.
1. HAHAHAHA!!
2. That's so sad that you are serious that it isn't actually funny. Read some world news. Preferably not put out by CNN.
AMIN
was sad news yes i do agree with that and am not any supporter of violance ! But to be objective mass killing of his poeple was total brutality but can we look at the other side of the coin?
how many people did NRM the rulling party kill and still killing in the name of peace? what about the iraqies, why did the world stand by and watch genecide in rwanda in the 20th century probably during Amins time no one hard such peace organization, and above all amin was atotal inginorant un educated person filled with self conciiousness and luck of self esteem . well poeple will say he was confident to me i thing he was full of fear of unknown and he wanted to promote uganda without being dependant on any foreign support ,many Ugandas are to be blamed too becouse they did not want to work and depend on the handouts from corrupt indians do like it or not he hard a patriot heart ahert which wanted uganda totaly self reliat.
the explassion of indians was not abad thing if it was done politly and consultatively .
all developed countries do not want immigrants so why did they expect uganda to be clouded!think about it ! ugandas at atime were poters and indians controlled every thing