THE IMITATION GAME
8 Oscar® nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Original Score
Behind every code is an enigma.
People's Choice Award, 2014 Toronto Film Festival
During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch, in a stirring performance) to investigate a reported burglary. They instead ended up arresting Turing himself on charges of "gross indecency," an accusation that would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offense of homosexuality — little did officials know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing. Famously leading a motley group of scholars, linguists, chess champions and intelligence officers, he was credited with cracking the so-called unbreakable codes of Germany's World War II Enigma machine. An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant, complicated man, this film follows a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives. With Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Rory Kinnear and Tuppence Middleton. Directed by Morten Tyldum (HEADHUNTERS).
DIR Morten Tyldum; SCR Graham Moore; PROD Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman. UK/US, 2014, color, 114 min, DCP. RATED PG-13
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