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The imitation game / The Weinstein Company presents ; a Black Bear production ; a Bristol Automotive production ; produced by Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman ; written by Graham Moore ; directed by Morten Tyldum.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: WC62250 | Anchor Bay EntertainmentLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment, [2015]Edition: Widescreen edDescription: 1 videodisc (114 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Uniform titles:
  • Imitation game (Motion picture).
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Hodges, Andrew Alan Turing
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, Alexandre Desplat ; film editor, William Goldenberg ; director of photography, Oscar Faura.
Awards:
  • Academy Award Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay, 2015.
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Allen Leech.Summary: During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing 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, "The Imitation Game" a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives.
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During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst, and war hero Alan Turing 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.

Based on the book "Alan Turing : the enigma" by Andrew Hodges.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.

Special features: Feature commentary with director Morten Tyldum and screenwriter Graham Moore; The making of The Imitation Game; Deleted scenes.

Music, Alexandre Desplat ; film editor, William Goldenberg ; director of photography, Oscar Faura.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Allen Leech.

During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing 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, "The Imitation Game" a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives.

MPAA Rating: PG-13; for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking.

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

In English or dubbed Spanish; Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing [SDH].

Academy Award Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay, 2015.

Title from disc surface.

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