It's the man himself in General Idi Amin Dada, French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder's remarkable 1974 portrait. TURNER: This isn't Forest Whitaker's version of Amin. (Soundbite of movie "General Idi Amin Dada")
He levels his rifle at the paper silhouette of a man and coolly pulls the trigger. Below it stands Idi Amin wearing his signature fatigues, black beret and giant gold watch. So at the height of his regime he granted unusual access to his life.ĬORY TURNER: A sign hangs from a corrugated tin roof. He authorized no biographies and trusted no one to tell his story, no one except himself. Amin ruled Uganda with an iron fist from 1971 to 1979. FORREST WHITAKER (Actor) (as Idi Amin): (Unintelligible) Idi Amin Dada, and I want to promise you this will be a government of action, not of words.ĬHIDEYA: The film is historical fiction with the emphasis on fiction. (Soundbite of movie "The Last King of Scotland") In the new film The Last King of Scotland, Forrest Whitaker plays Ugandan dictator Idi Amin as a force of nature who sees his power with good intentions.
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