 New Vision | Whitaker Showcases Range, From `Bird' to Idi Amin: Rainer File Bloomberg - By Peter Rainer. March 1 (Bloomberg) -- Forest Whitaker's Oscar-winning performance as Idi Amin in ``The Last King of Scotland'' is the best -- though certainly not the only terrific -- work of his career. How Mira Nair's hubby helped Forest Whitaker terrified castemates as Idi Amin |