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Article: Whitaker's in command as Idi Amin: `THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND' (star)(star)(star).(Movie review)
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2006
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Byline: Michael Phillips
Oct. 6--Every actor comes equipped with a thermostat, and the best actors can jack up the heat with the flick of a finger, or a flicker of menace around the eyes. In the absorbing political thriller "The Last King of Scotland" it takes Forest Whitaker exactly one scene to show who's boss. The story, taken from a novel by Giles Foden, centers on a fictional Scottish protagonist, a reckless young doctor who arrives in Uganda in 1971 just as the country is being taken over by Gen. Idi Amin, despot of the people. James McAvoy plays Dr. Garrigan, who becomes the personal physician and adviser to Amin. Whitaker doesn't so much play the ...
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