THE IMITATION GAME Trailer
It may still be summer blockbuster season, but awards season is almost with us. Over the next few weeks we’ll have a flood of trailers for award baiting movies, and The Imitation Game ticks multiple boxes: a World War 2 period drama, a biopic, a Harvey Weinstein production and a chance for Benedict Cumberbatch to finally get some awards recognition. Here, he plays Alan Turing, whose efforts in cracking the “Enigma Code” were vital in helping an allied win for the second world war (Winston Churchill even said he was the biggest contributor to an allied win), and for helping create the basis of modern computer technology.
The film is the English language debut of Headhunters director Morten Tyldum, who has managed to acquire an impressive supporting cast that includes Keira Knightley as a love non-interest and Charles Dance typecast in yet another villain role.
Check out the first trailer below:
It goes without saying that advanced mathematics have never looked this cinematic. However, as good as the film looks, the trailer seems custom designed to hit every single award-baiting note as loudly as possible, and I’m not just talking about the overly dramatic score. It touches on Turing’s sexuality, something which is irrelevant to this story, but is an element that feels included here to cynically generate more awards attention – although, when has narrative exaggeration ever harmed a biopic’s award season chances? After all, a humanistic story arc is needed to get an audience to watch a film about maths.
Criticize as much as I want, the talent both in front and behind the camera have made this a must-see, and judging by the director’s previous credentials, it is very likely this will be more interesting than the average prestige season biopic.
The film will premiere in September 2014 at The Toronto International Film Festival, and will open the London film fest a month later. It will officially be in UK cinemas on November 14th, with the US release a week later. All international release dates can be found here.
Do you think The Imitation Game is a big award contender this year? And do you think Benedict Cumberbatch will finally get award nominated?
(featured image source: The Weinstein Company)
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