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
The Last King of Scotland (film) Amin was impregnated by her lover Dr. Mbalu Mukasa. She died during a botched abortion operation performed by Mukasa, who subsequently committed suicide. Bob Astles said in a lengthy interview with the journalist Paul Vallely in "The Times" that her body was dismembered by her lover so it could be hidden and was then sewn back together on Amin's orders. Amin never had a son named Campbell. Contrary to the wording of the film's coda stating "48 hours later, Israeli Forces stormed Entebbe and liberated all but one of the hostages", three hostages died during Operation Entebbe. The body of