The Imitation Game
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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
Bletchley Park, "the home of the codebreakers" where parts of the film were shot
Desplat composed the film's score in under three weeks.
Cumberbatch at the premiere of the film at TIFF, September 2014
Cumberbatch signing autographs at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 2014
Joan Clarke
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Joan Elisabeth Lowther Murray was an English cryptanalyst and numismatist who worked as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Although she did not personally seek the spotlight
The Imitation Game
…the funds. Turing then fires Furman and Richards and places a difficult crossword in newspapers as a test to find replacements. Cambridge graduate Joan Clarke passes Turing's test but her family refuses her permission to work with the male cryptographers. Turing arranges for her to live and work with the women…
Clarke, c. 1940s
English Heritage blue plaque for Joan Clarke