The Cynical Historian

The Imitation Game | Based on a True Story (2015x5)

Air date: Jun 18, 2015

This is now going to be a series of videos checking historical movies against the real deal. The name of the game is historical accuracy, and this time it's the Imitation Game (2014). Considering its first frame states "based on a true story," I think its time to show how false that claim truly is. ------------------------------------------------------------ more videos: Superlatives in History - who's first? https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A Where does the word cipher come from? https://youtu.be/iQ8XuNWHx1A ------------------------------------------------------------ sources: http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/imitation-game/ Joan Clarke interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=97&v=MB2e9R7bXCk http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/12/03/the_imitation_game_fact_vs_fiction_how_true_the_new_movie_is_to_alan_turing.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imitation_Game http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/dec/19/poor-imitation-alan-turing/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/08/imitation-game-fact-checking_n_6436712.html ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 LET'S CONNECT: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum and written by Graham Moore loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges (which was previously adapted as the stage play and BBC drama Breaking the Code). It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as real-life British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who decrypted German intelligence codes for the British government during the Second World War. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance and Mark Strong also star. The film's screenplay topped the annual Black List for bes