Turing biopic wins Toronto film festival top prize

2014/09/14 22:47:40 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Ottawa (AFP) - & quot;The Imitation Game, & quot; a biopic of British codebreaker Alan Turing starring Benedict Cumberbatch, won the Toronto film festival & #039;s top prize Sunday, confirming its status as an early Oscars contender. Morten Tyldum & #039;s World War II-era drama also stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode and Allen Leech of the hit television series & quot;Downton Abbey, & quot; and features a rare German Enigma code machine from the war. & quot;There was something very subtle, uncompromising and unusual about (Turing) but also very quiet and stoic, & quot; Cumberbatch, who has been generating Oscar buzz for his portrayal of the computer sciences pioneer, said earlier this week in Toronto.
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