The Imitation Game

The imitation game 2014 awards.

The imitation game. The imitation game is a 2014 american historical drama film directed by morten tyldum and written by graham moore based on the 1983 biography alan turing. With benedict cumberbatch keira knightley matthew goode allen leech. The enigma by andrew hodges the title of the film quotes the name of the game alan turing proposed for answering the question can machines think in his 1950 seminal paper computing machinery and intelligence. In the imitation game benedict cumberbatch stars as alan turing the genius british mathematician logician cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the german enigma code.

An intense and haunting portrayal of a brilliant complicated man the imitation game follows a genius who under nail biting pressure helped to shorten the war and in turn save thousands of. The imitation game depicts the life of alan turing but what we saw was more fiction than history. Oscar nominee best performance by an actor in a leading role. During world war ii the english mathematical genius alan turing tries to crack the german enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

Oscar nominee best motion picture of the year nora grossman. Alan turing was one of the key figures of the 20th century but until recently his story has not. The imitation game 6 349 imdb 8 0 1h 53min 2014 x ray pg 13 benedict cumberbatch shines as real life war hero and pioneer of modern day computing alan turing who saved millions of lives by cracking germany s so called unbreakable code during wwii.