
March 31st, 2015 will mark the arrival of the Anchor Bay Entertainment Blu-ray release for the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game.
This historical thriller film was written by Graham Moore, loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.
The film is about British crypto-analyst Alan Turing, who helped break the Enigma code during the Second World War, but was later prosecuted for the crime of homosexuality.
The Weinstein Company acquired the film for $7 million, which was the highest amount ever paid for US distribution rights at the European Film Market.
While honored for bringing Turing’s legacy to a wider audience, the film was also criticized for its inaccurate portrayal of historical events.
It was nominated in eight categories at the 87th Academy Awards, and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
The cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role, along with Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance and Mark Strong.
The Imitation Game was directed by Morten Tyldum, who also directed Headhunters.
The film received great reviews, with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 89% and an IMDb score of 8.2/10.
The Imitation Game was also successful in the cinema, reaching $84.1M at the US box office for a total $178.3 million worldwide.
With a production budget of only $14 million, The Imitation Game was the highest grossing independent film of 2014.
Planned features for the disc include a 1080p video encode presented at 2.39:1, with lossless 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack.
Deleted scenes, a commentary and a behind the scenes featurette are also planned.
The retail price is $34.99, and you can pre-order it from Amazon for $19.96, saving 43%!
Alternatively you can add it to your Blu-rayStats Wishlist.
Extras:
- The Making of THE IMITATION GAME
- Deleted Scenes
- Commentary
- Q&A Highlights
Synopsis:
In The Imitation Game, 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.