If all the pre-release hype can be believed, The Weinstein Company’s The Imitation Game will be a major player in this year’s awards race. Benedict Cumberbatch seems to be on everyone’s shortlist for Oscar consideration, and the film has also been mentioned as being a Best Picture contender. And with the movie opening in just a few weeks, the studio’s just unveiled a new clip featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, and Keira Knightley.
The Imitation Game is opening on November 28, 2014.
The Plot:
During the winter of 1952, British authorities entered the home of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) 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 follows a genius who under nail-biting pressure helped to shorten the war and, in turn, save thousands of lives.
Watch the clip:
