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Quotes from “The Imitation Game” (2014)
The plot of The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game, an American historical drama film directed and written by Graham Moore in 2014, is based on Andrew Hodges’ 1983 biography Alan Turing: The Enigma. The film’s title is a reference to the name of the cryptanalyst Alan Turing’s game that he proposed to answer the question, “Can machines think?” In his seminal 1950 paper, “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” he wrote, “Can machines think?” Benedict Cumberbatch plays Turing, who during World War II decrypted German intelligence messages to the British government. Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode are also featured in supporting roles.
Some criticized the film for its inaccurate depiction of historical events and downplaying Turing’s homosexuality as a critical component of his original struggles. The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT civil rights advocacy group, honored the film for its subtle and realistic approach to Turing’s legacy.
The Imitation Game actors
Matthew Beard, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill, Steven Waddington, Ilan Goodman, Jack Tarlton, Alex Lawther, Jack Bannon, Tuppence Middleton, Dominic Charman, James G. Nunn, Charlie Manton, David Charkham, Victoria Wicks, Andrew Havill, Laurence Kennedy, Tim van Eyken, Will Bowden, Miranda Bell, Tim Steed, , Lee Asquith-Coe, Hayley Joanne Bacon, Lauren Beacham, Ingrid Benussi, Nicholas Blatt, Carmen Coupeau Borras, Jack Brash, Ancuta Breaban, Heather Broderick, Peter Brown, Alex Corbet Burcher, Grace Calder, Richard Campbell, Daniel Chapple, Winston Churchill, Lisa Colquhoun, Alexander Cooper, Chris Cowlin, Kirsty-Marie Day, Leigh Dent, Esther Eden, Sam Exley, Ben Farrow, Mike Firth, Hannah Flynn, Guna Gultniece, Adolf Hitler, Leigh Holland, Luke Hope, Vera Horton, Ashley Hudson, Michael John-Lewis, Denis Khoroshko, Debra Leigh-Taylor, Stuart Matthews, Amber-Rose May, Samantha Moran, Gina Morrish, Adam Nowell, Joseph Oliveira, Ryan Parker, John Redman, Adam Scown, Scott Stevenson, Harry S. Truman, Mark Underwood, Nicola-Jayne Wells, Josh Wichard
“The Imitation Game” Quotes
“When people talk to each other, they never say what they mean. They say something else and you’re expected to just know what they mean.”
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH – Alan Turing
“I know it’s not ordinary. But who ever loved ordinary?”
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY – Joan Clarke
“Sometimes it’s the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine.”
JACK BANNON – Christopher Morcom
“Do you know why people like violence? It is because it feels good. Humans find violence deeply satisfying. But remove the satisfaction, and the act becomes… hollow.”
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH – Alan Turing
