The Imitation Game Gets 8 Nominations Including Best Picture

The Imitation Game

The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Kiera Knightley, is a 2015 nominee for Best Picture. The film also received 7 other nominations, including Benedict Cumberbatch for Actor in a Leading Role, Kiera Knightley for Actress in a Supporting Role,Directing, Film Editing, Music (Original Score), Production Design, Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

In 1939, newly created British intelligence agency MI6 recruits Cambridge mathematics alumnus Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) to crack Nazi codes, including Enigma — which cryptanalysts had thought unbreakable. Turing’s team, including Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley), analyze Enigma messages while he builds a machine to decipher them. Turing and team finally succeed and become heroes, but in 1952, the quiet genius encounters disgrace when authorities reveal he is gay and send him to prison.

The Imitation Game Oscar Nominated