The Imitation Game
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| Directed by | Morten Tyldum |
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| Written by | Graham Moore |
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Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges |
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| Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography | Óscar Faura |
| Edited by | William Goldenberg |
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114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $14 million |
| Box office | $233.6 million |
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| Film score by Alexandre Desplat | |
| Released | 24 November 2014 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 51:08 |
| Label | Sony Music Entertainment |
The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (which was previously adapted as the stage play and BBC drama Breaking the Code). It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as real-life British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence codes for the British government during World War II. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance and Mark Strong also star.
The film's screenplay topped the annual Black List for best unproduced Hollywood scripts in 2011. The Weinstein Company acquired the film for $7 million in February 2014, the highest amount ever paid for U.S. distribution rights at the European Film Market. It was released theatrically in the United States on November 28, 2014.
The Imitation Game was a commercial and critical success. It grossed over $233 million worldwide against a $14 million production budget, making it the highest-grossing independent film of 2014. It received eight nominations at the 87th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Cumberbatch), Best Supporting Actress (Knightley) and Best Adapted Screenplay, winning the latter. It also garnered five nominations in the 72nd Golden Globe Awards and three at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. It also received nine BAFTA nominations, including Best Film and Outstanding British Film, and won the People's Choice Award at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival.
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