[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015];Beverly Hills, CA : Anchor Bay Entertainment
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Notes:
- DVD, widescreen Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Title from web page.
- English dialogue English or Spanish subtitles subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
- Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Mark Strong. Rory Kinnear.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2014.
- Based on the book Alan Turing : the enigma by Andrew Hodges.
- Rating: PG-13 for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking.
- Famously leading a team of codebreakers, mathematician Alan Turing created a computer capable of breaking the codes devised by Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII, significantly contributing to shortening the war, and saving millions of lives. Only a few years later, British authorities ignorant of his contributions convicted him for the crime of homosexuality, significantly contributing to shortening his life.
- Special features: feature commentary making of deleted scenes.
Subjects:
- Hodges, Andrew — Film adaptations.
- Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912-1954 — Drama.
- Mathematicians — Great Britain — Biography — Drama.
- Feature films. lcgft
- Biographical films. lcgft
- Thrillers (Motion pictures) lcgft
- Film adaptations. lcgft
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired. lcgft
Requested by Kurpiers, R.