The Imitation Game Article Talk Language Download PDF Watch Edit This article is about the film. For the testing technique, see Turing test. For other uses, see The Imitation Game (disambiguation). The Imitation Game is a 2014 American biographical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore, based on the 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. The film's title quotes the name of the game cryptanalyst Alan Turing proposed for answering the question "Can machines think?", in his 1950 seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Turing, who decrypted German intelligence messages for the British government during World War II. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, and Mark Strong appear in supporting roles.
The Imitation Game
Theatrical release poster Directed by Morten Tyldum Written by Graham Moore Based on Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges Produced by Nora Grossman Ido Ostrowsky Teddy Schwarzman Starring Benedict Cumberbatch Keira Knightley Matthew Goode Rory Kinnear Charles Dance Mark Strong Cinematography Óscar Faura Edited by William Goldenberg Music by Alexandre Desplat Production companies Black Bear Pictures Bristol Automotive Orange Corp Distributed by The Weinstein Company Release dates August 29, 2014 (Telluride) November 14, 2014 (United States) Running time 115 minutes[1] Country United States[2][3] Language English Budget $14 million[4] Box office $233.6 million[5] #movie #hindi #new