Read It, See It
What can you say about a man who is said to have titled himself “His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Sea, and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular”?
The Last King of Scotland won author Giles Foden a 1998 Whitbread First Novel award. Forest Whitaker just grabbed an Oscar for Best Actor in his portrayal of the eccentric Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. Beyond Hollywood, Ugandans praised Whitaker’s performance as being acutely right on. This one sounds like a win-win: read the book, see the flick.