The Imitation Game picked up several nomination for BAFTA awards. However, The Sunday Times reported that there was indeed a sex scene involving Turing and another man present in early drafts – but it was mysteriously left out of the final version.ĭespite the controversy, and only having a limited release in the US, the film made the second highest per-screen profit of 2014. The Imitation Game (also called the Turing Test) is a contest of equivalence, where an interrogator interacting with a human and a machine or a computer is challenged to distinguish.

It’s not something that needed to be made obvious.” The film has proven controversial, as some have suggested it attempted to erase the fact that Turing was gay.Ĭumberbatch attracted criticism after he defended the absence of gay sex in the film, saying: “If you need to see that to understand that he’s gay, then all is lost for any kind of subtle storytelling. The Academy Awards will take place on 22 February at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood and Highland Center, and broadcast live. Best production design – Maria Djurkovic and Tatiana Macdonald

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