The Last King of Scotland (film) 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 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. McAvoy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The film was received well in Uganda, where it premiered two days before Whitaker won the Best Actor Academy Award. While the character of Idi Amin and the events surrounding him in the film are mostly based on fact, Garrigan
Message from the King (film) Message from the King (film) Message from the King is a 2016 revenge-action-thriller film directed by Fabrice Du Welz, and written by Stephen Cornwell and Oliver Butcher. It stars Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans, Teresa Palmer, and Alfred Molina. The film's plot revolves around a man from South Africa who travels to Los Angeles in order to find his younger sister and then to avenge her death. The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2016. Netflix released the film on August 4, 2017. Jacob King, who lives in South Africa, receives a message from his