The Imitation Game 2014

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 114 min

genre: thriller

theme: biographical

director: Morten Tyldum

Score: 8 / 10

The Imitation Game is a 2014 American biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The film's title quotes the name of the game cryptanalyst Alan Turing proposed for answering the question "Can machines think?", in his 1950 seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, who decrypted German intelligence messages for the British government during World War II. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, and Mark Strong appear in supporting roles.

Plot

In 1951, mathematician Alan Turing is questioned by police after an apparent home break-in, and he talks of his work at Bletchley Park during WWII.

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author	Graham Moore
award	Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Bletchley Park London Manchester Sherborne School
director	Morten Tyldum
editor	William Goldenberg
events	Alan Turing Cryptanalysis of the Enigma homophobia Homosexuality in the United Kingdom World War II
genre	drama historical thriller
keywords	alastair denniston analysis boarding school bombe break bully chemical castration christopher morcom conel hugh o\'donel alexander cryptography deciphering machine decode words he knows exist in certain messages died by suicide discover elizabeth ii engagement party enigma machine gross indecency hugh alexander joan clarke john cairncross known plaintext attack machine no warning peter hilton posthumous royal pardon prime minister project a queen elizabeth ii soviet spy stewart menzies talk warn wehrmacht wwii
musicBy	Alexandre Desplat
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
producer	Ido Ostrowsky Nora Grossman Teddy Schwarzman
productionCompany	Black Bear Pictures Bristol Automotive
publisher	The Weinstein Company
recordedAt	Aldwych tube station Bicester Airfield Chesham Joyce Grove London King's Cross railway station Oxfordshire Sherborne School
theme	biographical biographical drama independent narrative