Mapping Contemporary Cinema

The Imitation Game, 2014

Production Companies: Black Bear Pictures, Bristol Automotive
Distribution: The Weinstein Company
Executive Producer: Graham Moore
Producers: Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman
Screenplay: Graham Moore, based on Andrew Hodges’ Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983)
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cinematographer: Óscar Faura
Editor: William Goldenberg
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Running Time: 114 mins.
Classification: PG-13 for some sexual reference, mature thematic material and historical smoking.
Box Office Gross: domestic 91.1m/ worldwide 233.6m
Tagline: The true enigma was the man who cracked the code.
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch (Alan Turing), Keira Knightley (Joan Clarke), Matthew Goode (Hugh Alexander), Rory Kinnear (Detective Robert Nock), Allen Leech (John Cairncross).
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Monthly Archives: December 2014

Big Eyes, 2014

Production Companies: The Weinstein Company, Silverwood Films, Tim Burton Productions, Electric City Entertainment
Distribution: The Weinstein Company
Executive Producers: Katterli Frauenfelder, Derek Frey, Jamie Patricof, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein
Producers: Lynette Howell, Scott Alexander, Tim Burton, Larry Karaszewski
Screenplay: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Director: Tim Burton
Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Editor: J.C. Bond
Music: Danny Elfman
Cast: Amy Adams (Margaret Keane), Christoph Waltz (Walter Keane), Danny Huston (Dick Nolan), Jason Schwartzman (Ruben), Terence Stamp (John Canaday)
Running Time: 106 mins.
Classification: Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong language
Box Office Gross: domestic $14.5m/worldwide $21.1m
Tagline: She created it. He sold it. And everyone bought it.
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