Where to watch The Imitation Game (2014)
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During World War II, a brilliant but isolated mathematician joins a secret team racing to break Germany’s seemingly unbreakable code. As pressure mounts, their work could change the course of the war, while the mathematician faces deep personal and social challenges in a country that does not accept him.
Cast: Keira Knightley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill, Steven Waddington, Ilan Goodman
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Trivia & production notes
- Warner Bros. paid a seven-figure sum for the screenplay when Leonardo DiCaprio was attached to play Alan Turing, but the rights reverted to the screenwriter after DiCaprio left the project.
- Morten Tyldum's work on The Imitation Game marked his directorial debut in English-language filmmaking.
- The Weinstein Company paid $7 million for US distribution rights in February 2014, setting a record for the highest amount paid for distribution at the European Film Market.
- Production designer Maria Djurkovic enlarged the bombe machine and made its internal mechanisms more visible than the actual replica housed at Bletchley Park museum to create a more cinematic appearance.
- Costume designer Sammy Sheldon Differ had frequent conversations with Benedict Cumberbatch to develop both his character's wardrobe and physical mannerisms using authentic 1940s materials.
- Alexandre Desplat composed the entire film score in under three weeks, with recording by the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.
- Desplat used continuous piano arpeggios throughout the score to represent both Turing's thought process and the mechanical workings of computing machines.
- The film's score received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, losing to The Grand Budapest Hotel, which was also composed by Desplat.
- Production took place across multiple historically significant locations including Turing's former school Sherborne and Bletchley Park, where Turing worked during the war.
- The film was granted support from the Tribeca Film Festival's Sloan Filmmaker Fund, which funds innovative films about science, mathematics, and technology.
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