The imitation game based on the incredible true story

DVD 2015

"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 lea...

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Enigma cipher system Drama

Gay men Great Britain Drama

Mathematicians Great Britain Drama

Turing, Alan, 1912-1954 Drama

World War, 1939-1945 Cryptography Drama

World War, 1939-1945 Great Britain Drama

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Description:

1 videodisc (114 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
4 3/4 in
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
widescreen (2.39:1) 24 fps
NTSC
video file DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

AFR rating : PG, for coarse language, and for sexual references and frequent smoking in a historical context. Mature subject matter

Other Title:

Container of (work) Imitation game (Motion picture)

Notes:

Based on the book "Alan Turing : the enigma" by Andrew Hodges
Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included
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
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.39:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1
DVD
In English or dubbed Spanish; optional Spanish and English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing [SDH]
Academy Award Winner for Best Adapted Screenplay, 2015
Title from disc surface

Control Number:

3149257

UPC:

013132622507

Other Authors:

Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc., publisher
Black Bear Pictures, production company
Bristol Automotive (Film production firm), production company
Cumberbatch, Benedict, 1976- actor
Dance, Charles, actor
Goode, Matthew, 1978- actor
Grossman, Nora, film producer
Kinnear, Rory, 1978- actor
Knightley, Keira, 1985- actor
Leech, Allen, actor
Moore, Graham, 1981- screenwriter
Motion picture adaptation of (work) Hodges, Andrew. Alan Turing
Ostrowsky, Ido, film producer
Schwarzman, Teddy, 1979- film producer
Strong, Mark, 1963- actor
Tyldum, Morten, film director
Weinstein Company, presenter

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