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I finally saw The Last King of Scotland.  It is fantastic.  It was co-written by Peter Morgan & it has real-life films of the protagonists running as the credits roll, i.e. The Damned United, The Deal, The Special Relationship.  (The Queen uses so much real footage interwoven in to the film itself, I think they decided to skip it that time.)  


The Last King of Scotland is so brill because it does such a great job being inevitable yet surprising & also, it is loaded w/ superb performances:  Forrest Whitaker certainly deserved that Oscar.  James (Renee looooves him, we call him Jimmy nowadays) McAvoy is good as usual, and Gillian frickin' Anderson (in a v small role) is really good.  And Kerry Washington was splendid as Kay.  

Kerry Washington

Fantastic motion picture.  If you have not seen it, do.  


Here is the preview.