The Imitation Game

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The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical drama film about mathematician Alan Turing and the British codebreaking efforts at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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instanceOf film
historical drama film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
TIFF People's Choice Award
surface form: People's Choice Award for Best Film at Toronto International Film Festival
basedOn Alan Turing: The Enigma
basedOnAuthor Andrew Hodges
boxOffice over 230 million USD worldwide
budget approximately 14 million USD
castMember Alex Lawther
Allen Leech
Benedict Cumberbatch
Charles Dance
Keira Knightley
Mark Strong
Matthew Beard
Matthew Goode
Rory Kinnear
characterPortrayed Alan Turing
Hugh Alexander
Joan Clarke
Stewart Menzies
cinematographyBy Óscar Faura
countryOfFilming United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Morten Tyldum
distributor The Weinstein Company
editedBy William Goldenberg
genre biographical film
historical drama
war film
hasTheme LGBT rights
genius and social isolation
secrecy in wartime
mainSubject Alan Turing
Bletchley Park
World War II
cryptanalysis of the Enigma
musicBy Alexandre Desplat
narrativeFocus breaking the German Enigma code
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Production Design

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
originalLanguage English
portrays British intelligence operations
cryptanalysis
persecution of homosexuals in the United Kingdom
producer Ido Ostrowsky
Nora Grossman
Teddy Schwarzman
productionCompany Black Bear Pictures
Bristol Automotive
publicationDate 2014
releaseYear 2014
runtimeMinutes 113
screenwriter Graham Moore
setInCountry United Kingdom
setInPeriod World War II
setInPlace Bletchley Park
theatricalReleaseRegion United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
worldPremiereDate 2014-08-29
worldPremiereEvent Telluride Film Festival

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Benedict Cumberbatch notableWork The Imitation Game
Keira Knightley notableWork The Imitation Game
Mark Strong notableWork The Imitation Game
Matthew Goode notableWork The Imitation Game
The Weinstein Company notableWork The Imitation Game
Alan Turing subjectOf The Imitation Game
this entity surface form: film The Imitation Game