BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / The Imitation Game (spoiler thread for those who have seen it)

**Posted by mrshouse** April 13, 2015 9:12 am

I think this fear and criticism is based on exactly nothing. There is not one solid argument against a potential ownership. Is it even a safe information that he actually wants to buy it?

**Posted by SusiGo** April 13, 2015 9:15 am

No idea. The Telegraph is not a tabloid so I think there might be some truth to it. But to insinuate that Benedict buying it would be the worst possible outcome because he does not take Turing's history seriously is outright insulting.

**Posted by mrshouse** April 13, 2015 9:17 am

That's true. He did so much more than just promoting his newest movie.

**Posted by gently69** April 13, 2015 9:21 am

Maybe they don't take his ambitions seriously because he is an actor? And in their opinion the only correct user has to be an organisation which "deserves" it?

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**Posted by Harriet** April 13, 2015 9:30 am

Actually, I agree with them it's a shame that this document should not belong to the public.
But I don't see either why they have to pick out Benedict (of all people), the one who has proven he understands its value.

**Posted by SusiGo** April 13, 2015 9:40 am

Yes, I agree with that part of the article as well. It should be given to an organisation who will study it and make it accessible to the public, Bletchley Park, Manchester University, the National Trust, whatever. But to assume that Benedict would not do that, is very unfair.

Which reminds me of the Codex Leicester, a precious hand-written Da Vinci manuscript. It was sold at an auction to an American billionaire who kept it under lock and key until it was bought by another American billionaire (Bill Gates) who made it open to the public again.

**Posted by Harriet** April 13, 2015 9:45 am

Thanks to Bill Gates - however, it also shows how much the public then depends on the generosity of a private person.

**Posted by Ah-chie** April 13, 2015 6:00 pm

Turing's composition notebook just sold at auction for $1,025,000 USD (that includes the auction house fees). No word as of yet who bought it but a tweet says it sold "in the room".

-Val

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**Posted by SusiGo** April 29, 2015 2:52 pm

Three late nominations for Benedict, Allen Leech, and the film at the IFTA awards:

http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4288251&tpl=archnews&force=1

And one for Andrew Scott in HLV which I think is amazing if you consider that he as about two minutes screentime.

**Posted by SolarSystem** April 29, 2015 4:05 pm

SusiGo wrote:
And one for Andrew Scott in HLV which I think is amazing if you consider that he as about two minutes screentime.

Actually, I don't know what to say to this. As much as I think that he's deserving of any award he can get... seriously, for HLV...? Is that even two minutes? I think that's a bit, I don't know... weird.

**Posted by SusiGo** April 29, 2015 4:16 pm

Yes, my thoughts exactly. And, no, it may be even less. And the Did you miss me? second at the end.

**Posted by SolarSystem** April 29, 2015 4:26 pm

I mean, stranger things have happened. Dame Judi Dench won an Ocars for her eight minutes in "Shakespeare in Love"... her performance was great, but the role was really tiny.
I'm just thinking, you know... if Benedict were nominated in the same category with someone who only had five minutes screen time while Benedict played a role that showed him in lots and lots of scenes... you know what I mean? Difficult.

**Posted by SusiGo** April 29, 2015 4:36 pm

Yes, I thought the same. For him it seems to be far more difficult to be nominated and honoured than for some others.

**Posted by Ah-chie** April 30, 2015 2:55 pm

Just checked up on the info about how The Imitation Game is doing at the Box Office.

It is still in a few theatres (after over 150 days and counting) and has made slightly over $91 million in the domestic North American market.

Globally (which includes NA domestic markets and Overseas markets), is is closing in on $220 million (USD).

That doesn't count of course the sales of DVDs and Bluray - doing very well I understand.

Turing's story is still reaching an amazing audience!

-Val (info like this really helps cheer me up despite the HORRIBLE cold I have been suffering through this week!!)

**Posted by miriel68** April 30, 2015 3:24 pm

SolarSystem wrote:
SusiGo wrote:
And one for Andrew Scott in HLV which I think is amazing if you consider that he as about two minutes screentime.
Actually, I don't know what to say to this. As much as I think that he's deserving of any award he can get... seriously, for HLV...? Is that even two minutes? I think that's a bit, I don't know... weird.

Benedict did a phenomenal job during his 5 minutes of screentime in August - The Osage County and it doesn't result to me that has got any nomination & awards for it. (Not to mention that he has got thrillion nominations and virtually no wins for TIG)

**Posted by This Is The Phantom Lady** May 7, 2015 10:25 am

Can someone help calm me a bit?

I preordered the DVD but I can now see that it says it has a temporary release date (May 18th, in Denmark)...

What do they mean by temporary??

**Posted by SusiGo** May 7, 2015 10:28 am

Sorry, I never heard of such a thing. But I would stay optimistic as long they do not change the date.

**Posted by ukaunz** May 7, 2015 10:35 am

The DVD release date for Australia seems a bit vague... I thought it was meant to be May 6, but I haven't seen it anywhere yet. I'm disgusted that my library appears to have ordered only one copy of it - and I'm about 30th on the reservation list! wth? I'm really tempted to buy it...

**Posted by ancientsgate** May 8, 2015 3:19 am

ukaunz wrote:
The DVD release date for Australia seems a bit vague... I thought it was meant to be May 6, but I haven't seen it anywhere yet. I'm disgusted that my library appears to have ordered only one copy of it - and I'm about 30th on the reservation list! wth? I'm really tempted to buy it...

You guys don't have a version of NetFlix in your countries? That's how I saw TIG-- I signed up for it, way before it finally came out on DVD, and I must have been like first in line, because the DVD I got in the mail to view was brand new, not a scratch on it. We watched, we returned it, and yay, easy.

**Posted by ancientsgate** May 8, 2015 3:24 am

You can rent it on you tube for US $4.99, but I have no idea if that's viewable in all countries or what.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_LJvgfAf8

You can rent it on amazon.com, same price
http://www.amazon.com/Imitation-Game-Benedict-Cumberbatch/dp/B00R7FZ074/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1431055380&sr=1-1&keywords=the+imitation+game

Those might be worth checking out.