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Article: Starring role for evil dictator Idi; Film maker to recreate story of Amin, the Last King Of Scotland.
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2004
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Byline: BRIAN PENDREIGH
HE claimed to be the rightful king of Scotland, wore the kilt with pride and spent the last half of his life in exile.
Now brutal African dictator Idi Amin is to be the subject of a Scottish film maker's first bigscreen feature.
And appropriately for a tale about a man said to be responsible for up to 500,000 deaths, it will be told by the director originally slated to make Shallow Grave.
Kevin Macdonald was forced to give up his first chance at feature film glory when Channel Four demanded 'an experienced hand' for the dark comedy, which made Ewan McGregor a star.
But after scoring a major hit with his ...