| The Imitation Game | |
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| 8 Nominations / 1 Win | |
| Year | 2014 |
| Director | Morten Tyldum |
| Writer | Graham Moore |
| Starring | Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode |
| 87th Academy Awards | |
The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical thriller film about British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing. Turing was a key figure in cracking Nazi Germany's Enigma code, which helped the Allies win the Second World War, only to later be criminally prosecuted for his homosexuality. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, and is directed by Morten Tyldum, with a screenplay by Graham Moore loosely based on the biography "Alan Turing: The Enigma" by Andrew Hodges. Other cast members include Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, and Charles Dance.
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Nominations
- Best Actor — Benedict Cumberbatch
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Graham Moore
- Best Director — Morten Tyldum
- Best Film Editing — William Goldenberg
- Best Picture — Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman
- Best Production Design — Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
- Best Original Score — Alexandre Desplat
- Best Supporting Actress — Keira Knightley
Plot[]
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
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