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Nikki Posted Wed 04 Jul, 2007 6:14 PM |
| I have the day off so I've rented a few movies. Just finished watching "The Last King of Scotland." Really, really good movie, but for those who have seen it, do you know if the character of Dr. Nicholas Garrigan is based on a real person? Obviously, the movie is based on real events but I'm wondering if Idi Amin actually had a Scottish doctor. |
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Sanne (nl) Posted Wed 04 Jul, 2007 6:19 PM |
| nope he didn't. Checked it on wikipedia, to be sure. |
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Tianyan Posted Wed 04 Jul, 2007 6:20 PM |
Sanne (nl) wrote: nope he didn't. Checked it on wikipedia, to be sure.
I love wikipedia! It is brillant! |
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Nikki Posted Wed 04 Jul, 2007 6:20 PM |
Ahh, thanks! Good movie though, wasn't it?
According to Wikipedia:
Garrigan is a fictional character, but his story is very loosely based on events in the life of English-born Bob Astles. Like the novel on which it is based, the film mixes fiction with real events in Ugandan history to give an impression of Amin and Uganda under his totalitarian rule. While the basic events of Amin's life are followed, the film often departs in the details of particular events.
The film condenses the timeframe of real events; for example, Amin expelled the Asians in 1972, and the airplane hijacking took place in 1976, but in the film they appear to take place closer in time.
Many of the Ugandan landmarks seen in the movie did not exist in the 1970s.
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Wed 04 Jul, 2007 6:51 PM |
| I've just finished the book... not bad |
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