《The Last King of Scotland》　末代独裁　一部男人不可错过的电影

No.079　《The Last King of Scotland》　末代独裁　一部男人不可错过的电影

英文导读

The Last King of Scotland is a 2006 British drama film based on Giles Foden's novel of the same name, adapted by screenwriters Peter Morgan and Jeremy Brock, and directed by Kevin MacDonald. The film was a co-production between companies from the United Kingdom and the United States, including Fox Searchlight Pictures and Film4.

The Last King of Scotland tells the fictional story of Dr. Nicholas Garrigan (James McAvoy), a young Scottish doctor who travels to Uganda and becomes the personal physician to the dictator Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery—and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.

The film is based on factual events of Amin's rule and the title comes from a reporter in a press conference who wishes to verify whether Amin declared himself the King of Scotland. Amin was known to invent and adopt fancy imperial titles for himself.

The Last King of Scotland received a limited release in the United States on 27 September 2006, with a UK release on 12 January 2007, a French release on 14 February 2007 and a German release on 15 March 2007. In the United States and Canada, the film earned $17,606,684 at the box office. In the United Kingdom, the film took$11,131,918. Its combined worldwide gross was$48,362,207.

The movie currently holds a "fresh" 87% on the Rotten Tomatoes website. Whitaker's performance was dubbed as the best foreign male actor performance at the Egyptian International film festival in 2007.

Whitaker received outstanding critical acclaim for his performance as dictator Idi Amin in the film. He won the Best Leading Actor award at the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors' Guild and the BAFTAs, in addition to awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, New York Film Critics' Circle, Los Angeles Film Critics' Association, the National Board of Review and many other critics awards, for a total of at least 23 major awards, with at least one more nomination. The film was received well in Uganda, where it premiered two days before Whitaker won the Best Actor Academy Award.

The film received a 2007 BAFTA Award for Best British Film and the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay, in addition to receiving nominations for Best Film. James McAvoy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.

获奖情况

2007年第79届奥斯卡：最佳男主角奖。

影片信息

导演：凯文·麦克唐纳

编剧：皮特·摩根、杰瑞米·布鲁克

主演：福里斯特·惠特克、詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊、凯莉·华盛顿、吉莉·安德森

类型：剧情、传记、历史

制片国家（地区）：英国

上映日期：2007-01-12（英国）

片长：121分钟、123分钟（美国）

又名：《最后的苏格兰王》《苏格兰最后的国王》

剧情简介

尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯（詹姆斯·麦卡沃伊　饰）是一位著名的医师。1971年，为了逃避教会长老家庭给他带来的极大的工作压力，尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯来到了乌干达，并加入了医学会。这个医学会是由当地一位好心的医生与他的妻子莎拉（吉莉·安德森饰）一起主办的。尼古拉斯·哥瑞被美丽的莎拉深深地吸引。

在一次集会上，尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯偶然结识了乌干达新总统安迪·艾明（福里斯特·惠特克饰），安迪·艾明经常传召尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯和莎拉，所以，他们在医学会上的时间便越来越少。

安迪有意与尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯亲近，想通过他了解苏格兰的一切他感兴趣的事物，安迪的野心就是有一天，成为苏格兰的国王。后来，安迪以总统御用医生的身份把尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯留在身边。最初，尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯拒绝了他的要求，但是后来，哥瑞肯发现，他除了待在这里之外，再无其他选择。这里的奢侈生活，并没有让尼古拉斯感到快乐，他甚至感到很寂寞。只是，安迪的言论和对乌干达宏伟的建设计划让尼古拉斯觉得安迪是个好总统，两人成为至交。

但是，一切并不像尼古拉斯·哥瑞肯看到的那么简单，他根本不知道安迪实际上是一个残暴的君主，他的野心很大，对人民也是进行残暴的统治。尼古拉斯开始意识到自己曾多次被利用，还曾参与处死了安迪的一位妻子（凯莉·华盛顿　饰）。

这个时候，他想离开这里，竟恍然发现护照已经被安迪没收。现在的他，就是生活在一个金笼子里，没有自由，一切都掌握在安迪手中……

制作花絮

影片是编剧皮特·摩根和杰瑞米·布鲁克根据的吉利斯·福登的同名小说改编而来。

编剧杰瑞米·布鲁克不仅是出色的编剧，也是出色的导演，曾执导过英国爱情喜剧《驾驶课》。

吉莉·安德森（饰演好心医生的妻子莎拉）说一口标准的伦敦音，颇受欢迎。

由于影片根据同名小说改编，所以故事情节十分吸引人，但也正因为如此，使影片虚构成分太多，脱离了真实的生活背景，给观众的影响力便减小了许多。

影片拍摄地主要在乌干达，在摄影师与设计师的共同努力下，成功地再现了乌干达30年前的情景。

重点学习

The newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante

我们都知道，文中的hand是“手”的意思，pick是“挑选”的意思，所以hand pick可以理解为“亲自挑选”，另外，还有一个词是handpick，该词有“亲自挑选”的意思，比如：You can handpick your assistants.（你可以自己选择你需要的帮手。）

In addition to awards from the Broadcast Film Critics Association

文中的in addition to是英语中的一个固定搭配，它是“除…以外，除…之外还”的意思，比如：In addition to this direct competition there are smaller foes, too.（除了这些直接的竞争外，还有一些小的竞争对手。）

单词时间

dictator[dikˈteitə] n. 独裁者；命令者

self-appointed[ˈselfəˈpɔintid] adj. 自封的；自己做主的

flatter[ˈflætə] vt. 奉承；谄媚；使高兴

awaken[əˈweikən] vi. 觉醒；醒来；意识到

savagery[ˈsævidʒri] n. 野性；野蛮人；原始状态

complicity[kəmˈplisəti] n. 共谋；串通；共犯关系

betrayal[biˈtreiəl] n. 背叛；辜负；暴露

factual[ˈfæktʃuəl] adj. 事实的；真实的

verify[ˈverifai] vt. 核实；查证

fancy[ˈfænsi] adj. 想象的；奇特的；昂贵的；精选的

dub[dʌb] vt. [电影]配音；轻点；打击；授予称号