Thriller Film Study

Imitation Game (2014)

The Imitation game is directed by Morten Tyldum and is loosely based on the biography 'Alan Turing: The Enigma'.
 The Imitation Game is a Historical Thriller about a British Mathematician, cryptologist and pioneering computer scientist, Alan Turing, played by Benedict Cumberbatch. The film was based during WW2 and the cracking of the Nazi German Code- Engima.

Alan Turing built a machine that would crack any code so that the allies would know  the movements and attack plans of the enemies. They strategically plotted which battles to win, and which to lose, so that the war could be won without the Germans knowing that the code had been cracked. After the war, Alan Turing was prosecuted for being homosexual.


The film was distributed to both UK and US by companies Studio Canal and The Weinstein Company. The Weinstein Company paid $7 million to the rights to distribute in the US, the  highest amount ever paid for the US at the European Film Market. The film featured at the Toronto Film Festival and won "People's Choice Award for Best Film", the highest award for the festival.
 It was nominated for five categories in the Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture- Drama, Best Actor- Motion Picture Drama, Best Supporting Actress- Motion Picture and was also nominated in three categories at the 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards. The film cast and crew were also honoured by LGBT  Civil Rights for making the audience aware of Turing's  legacy.

The film had a budget of $14 million and earned $64.3 million on the box office.