The Weinstein Co. has unlocked the first trailer for the biographical drama The Imitation Game [IMITG] starring Benedict Cumberbatch [BCUMB], Keira Knightley [KKNIG], Mark Strong [MSTRO] and Matthew Goode [MTGOO]. The film checks all the boxes for a leading awards contender come this fall.
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist with the development of computers at the University of Manchester after the war, but was prosecuted by the UK government in 1952 for homosexual acts which the country deemed illegal.
The Imitation Game will begin in limited release on November 21st.
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