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Article: Son of Idi Amin threatens to sue 'Last King Of Scotland' producers.(NEWSMAKERS)(Brief article)
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- October 9, 2006
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Everyone is buzzing about Forest Whitaker's stellar performance as Idi Amin in the new film The Last King Of Scotland (see page 56), but the late Ugandan dictator's son isn't so happy.
Taban Amin, 51, Amin's eldest son, said the family might sue the film's producers for defamation, claiming they never granted permission for Amin's name or image to be used.
"These actors have been depicting my father as eating people," Taban Amin told Agence France-Presse, referring to allegations of cannibalism by the dictator. "I was with him ...