The Imitation Game

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

The Imitation Game Fiche pédagogique The Imitation Game Sortie en salles 22 janvier 2015 (Suisse alémanique) 28 janvier 2015 (Suisse romande) Film long métrage, USA, Royaume-Uni, 2015 Résumé vies. En nous faisant voyager dans le temps à différentes époques de la vie de Turing, le réalisateur Morten Réalisation: Alan Mathison Turing, est un Tyldum dresse un portrait de la vie Morten Tyldum mathématicien et cryptologue du scientifique : en 1927 pendant britannique. A la tête d’une équipe ses dures années à l’école ; de 1939 Scénario : improbable de savants, linguistes, jusqu’à la fin de la guerre, alors qu’il Graham Moore champions d’échecs et agents du fait ses preuves comme déchiffreur renseignement, et avec le soutien de code et statisticien ; puis en 1952 D'après l'oeuvre de : moral et financier de Churchill, il alors que sa maison est cambriolée Andrew Hodges construit une machine et qu’il se fait arrêter. L’enquête qui programmable (qu’on appelle alors s’ensuit mène la police à la Interprétation : « bombe ») durant la Seconde découverte de son homosexualité, Benedict Cumberbatch (Alan Guerre mondiale. C'est grâce à elle alors illégale en Grande-Bretagne. Turing), Keira Knightley (Joan que les alliés parviennent à Ces évènements et, par-dessus tout, Clarke), Matthew Goode (Hugh déchiffrer les messages codés par la la castration chimique qui lui est Alexander), Mark Strong (Stewart machine Enigma des nazis, ce qui imposée, le poussent finalement à Menzies), Rory Kinnear contribue à mettre un terme à la se suicider le 7 juin 1954. (Inspecteur Robert Nock), Charles guerre et à sauver des millions de Dance (Commandant Denniston)… ___________________________________________________ Alan Turing – Considéré comme Producteurs : « l’Einstein des mathématiques », il Teddy Scwarzman, Ido Ostrowsky, Commentaires a finalement été réhabilité et gracié Nora Grossman. par la reine Elisabeth II, le 24 Le réalisateur – Morten Tyldum est décembre 2013, 60 ans après sa Distribution : Ascot-Elite un réalisateur norvégien né en condamnation pour homosexualité. Entertainment Group, ZH 1967. Il étudie à l’École d’Arts En 2012, l'année du centenaire de visuels de New York. Il travaille la naissance de Turing à Londres, Version originale anglaise sous- pour la télévision, réalise des clips onze scientifiques britanniques, titrée allemand/français musicaux, des publicités et des dont Stephen Hawking, avaient Version française courts métrages avant d’être demandé l'annulation de la nommé “personnalité de l’année” condamnation de celui qu'ils Durée : 1h55 par le magazine Dagbladet en qualifiaient de "mathématicien le 1999. plus brillant de l'époque moderne". Public concerné : Pour sa biographie détaillée nous Âge légal : 8 ans Filmographie sélective : vous renvoyons à l’excellent Âge suggéré : 12 ans document L’héritage d’Alan 2003 Buddy Turing, dossier hors-série du http://www.filmages.ch 2008 Fallen Angels CNRS http://filmrating.ch 2011 Headhunters http://www.cnrs.fr/fr/pdf/jdc/Turing.p 2014 The Imitation Game df Prix du Public au Festival de Toronto 2014. 1 ou encore au cahier spécial que lui refuse à toute hypocrisie et Disciplines et thèmes a consacré le journal Libération : reconnaît ce qu’on lui reproche. A concernés : http://www.liberation.fr/cahier- la suite d’un procès douloureux et special/2007/07/27/turning-blanche- scandaleux, il est contraint de neige-apple-l-infernal-destin-d-un- choisir entre la prison et la Sciences de l’homme et de la mathematicien-de-genie_98949 poursuite d’une cure médicale qui société, Histoire : s’apparente à une castration Analyser l'organisation chimique. Il doit prendre des collective des sociétés œstrogènes censés réduire sa humaines d'ici et d'ailleurs à libido et le remettre dans le droit travers le temps… chemin. Ce “traitement” très en vogue à l’époque durera une année Modifications dues à la guerre, à et aura pour seul résultat tangible l’industrialisation, à la révolution de lui voir pousser des seins. informatique. De la machine de Turing ne se remettra jamais de Turing à l’ordinateur personnel. cette douloureuse aventure, même s’il voyage en Scandinavie et en La 2ème guerre mondiale. Un pacifiste au cœur d’une Grèce (toujours à la recherche Identifier et situer les grandes d’aventures masculines). Même s’il périodes et les grands guerre sans merci – En 1936, Turing part préparer son doctorat à continue ses recherches, il n’est événements de l'histoire. plus le même. Il suit de son propre (SHS 22 et 32) Princeton (États-Unis) où il prend chef une psychanalyse qui le connaissance des travaux d'Alonzo Church auxquels il participe. passionne. Début 1954, en S'approprier, en situation, des compagnie de son analyste, il outils et des pratiques de Assistant à la montée du nazisme, il se rapproche alors des milieux consulte par jeu une voyante dans recherche appropriés aux une fête foraine. Il en ressort problématiqes des sciences pacifistes auxquels il restera toujours lié. Plus tard, cette hagard et perturbé. Le 7 juin, telle humaines et sociales…en Blanche-Neige dans le film de replaçant les faits dans leur sympathie lui posera de nombreux problèmes dans ses relations avec Disney qui paraît-il, le fascinait, il contexte historique et croque la pomme. (Source : Les géographique. les militaires britanniques. C’est grâce au soutien personnel de Inrocks, janvier 2014) (SHS 23 et 33 du PER) Winston Churchill qu’il a pu éviter d’être évincé du programme Légende ou vérité historique – En octobre 1938, Turing assiste en Mathématiques : Enigma. effet à Cambridge à la projection Utiliser différentes procédures de L’homosexualité en question – de Blanche Neige et les 7 nains. calcul (calcul réfléchi, Alan retient surtout la scène où la algorithmes, répertoires Dans l’Angleterre des années 50, l’homosexualité reste un crime sorcière trempe la pomme dans le mémorisés, calculatrice,…) bouillon empoisonné. Fasciné, Il (MSN 22-25, 32-35 du PER) poursuivi par la loi ; la même qui reverra le film plusieurs dizaines de soixante-dix ans plus tôt a fois. Dès lors comment ne pas condamné Oscar Wilde à la prison. établir un parallèle entre cette Citoyenneté : De plus, la guerre froide a véritable dévotion à l’égard du film Saisir les principales commencé et le pays a été marqué par de retentissantes affaires de Walt Disney et son suicide. caractéristiques d'un système Même si la pomme trouvée à côté démocratique… d’espionnage au profit de l’URSS mettant en cause de brillants de son cadavre n’a – semble-t-il – jamais été analysée. L'homosexualité au XXe siècle, en intellectuels homosexuels. Mais Turing est un esprit trop libre pour Angleterre et ailleurs… Autre fait plus que troublant : le (SHS 34) renier son attirance pour les nom et le logo choisis par Steve garçons. Sans faire de provocation, il ne l’a jamais cachée à son Jobs pour la marque de ses entourage et ses collègues. Il sait ordinateurs. Même si la firme se qu’il est condamné aux amours défend d’avoir été influencée par éphémères des rues chaudes et ces évènements et déclare aux rencontres clandestines. En officiellement qu’il s’agit d’une 1952, il a une aventure passagère « légende urbaine », on ne peut avec un jeune homme qui donne que rester dubitatifs. A sa son adresse à un voyou, lequel décharge, il est toutefois exact que cambriole son appartement. Turing le tout premier logo d'Apple porte plainte, mais le cambrioleur représentait Newton sous un une fois arrêté s’empresse de pommier (voir ci-contre)… dévoiler la nature des relations entre Turing et son amant. Interrogé par la police, le savant se 2 __________________________________________________ Objectifs pédagogiques Comprendre les enjeux stratégiques liés aux communications radio durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale Découvrir la démarche mathématique d’Alan Turing et les grands principes qui ont présidé à la construction de sa machine de décryptage « Christopher » Prendre connaissance des origines de l’informatique moderne Mettre en lumière l’évolution de la justice et des mœurs en matière d’homosexualité durant les dernières décennies Comparer biopic et documentaire, archives et reconstitution. Evaluer les buts recherchés et les publics visés, les modes d’écriture et de réalisation de ces deux genres bien distincts __________________________________________________ Pistes pédagogiques concurrents. Très vite, ces 1. Si l’Histoire commence pratiques vont se avec l’écrit, la généraliser à l’aide de cryptologie est-elle le procédés de plus en plus plus vieux métier sophistiqués. Aujourd’hui, historique ? Depuis que le génie des program- les hommes écrivent, mateurs informatiques environ 3'600 ans avant nous amène à une lutte notre ère, ils se sont posé entre machines. Cette des questions liées à la nouvelle manière de transmission de leurs procéder prend ses racines textes. Dès 1900 avant J.- durant la 2ème guerre C., on trouve des signes mondiale, tout d’abord inusités qui tendraient à avec des chercheurs prouver que l’on cherchait polonais, puis avec Alan déjà à modifier la Turing et son équipe réunie signification usuelle de à Bletchley Park, en l’écrit afin d’en dissimuler Angleterre. le sens à ses ennemis ou 3 Les Allemands sont sent-elles le mieux à même persuadés d’avoir créé, de faire revivre le passé ? avec Enigma et ses développements constants, 3. Echecs et mots croisés - une machine inviolable, Lors de la scène du tant son système de recrutement des cryptage offre de collaborateurs autour du possibilités à l’infini. Mais projet anglais de c’est sans compter sur les décryptage, ceux-ci sont capacités de l’ennemi à placés devant des mots- comprendre leur logique en croisés qu’ils doivent disséquant une machine résoudre en un temps volée. record. D’autre part, Hugh Aujourd’hui, quels sont les Alexander, partenaire enjeux comparables à ceux d’Alan Turing, était un évoqués dans le film ? redoutable champion Quels conflits ont remplacé d’échecs.
Recommended publications
  • Wmc Investigation: 10-Year Analysis of Gender & Oscar
    WMC INVESTIGATION: 10-YEAR ANALYSIS OF GENDER & OSCAR NOMINATIONS womensmediacenter.com @womensmediacntr WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER ABOUT THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER In 2005, Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem founded the Women’s Media Center (WMC), a progressive, nonpartisan, nonproft organization endeav- oring to raise the visibility, viability, and decision-making power of women and girls in media and thereby ensuring that their stories get told and their voices are heard. To reach those necessary goals, we strategically use an array of interconnected channels and platforms to transform not only the media landscape but also a cul- ture in which women’s and girls’ voices, stories, experiences, and images are nei- ther suffciently amplifed nor placed on par with the voices, stories, experiences, and images of men and boys. Our strategic tools include monitoring the media; commissioning and conducting research; and undertaking other special initiatives to spotlight gender and racial bias in news coverage, entertainment flm and television, social media, and other key sectors. Our publications include the book “Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language”; “The Women’s Media Center’s Media Guide to Gender Neutral Coverage of Women Candidates + Politicians”; “The Women’s Media Center Media Guide to Covering Reproductive Issues”; “WMC Media Watch: The Gender Gap in Coverage of Reproductive Issues”; “Writing Rape: How U.S. Media Cover Campus Rape and Sexual Assault”; “WMC Investigation: 10-Year Review of Gender & Emmy Nominations”; and the Women’s Media Center’s annual WMC Status of Women in the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Nominations by Film and Distributor
    EE BRITISH ACADEMY FILM AWARDS IN 2015 NOMINATIONS BY FILM/DISTRIBUTOR BY FILM (40 films) ‘71 2 Into the Woods 2 20 Feet From Stardom 1 Kajaki: The True Story 1 20,000 Days on Earth 1 The Lego Movie 1 American Sniper 2 Leviathan 1 Big Eyes 2 Lilting 1 Big Hero 6 1 The Lunchbox 1 Birdman 10 Mr. Turner 4 The Boxtrolls 1 Nightcrawler 4 Boyhood 5 Northern Soul 1 Citzenfour 1 Paddington 2 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 1 Pride 3 Finding Vivian Maier 1 Still Alice 1 Foxcatcher 2 The Theory of Everything 10 Gone Girl 2 Trash 1 The Grand Budapest Hotel 11 Two Days, One Night 1 Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Under the Skin 2 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 1 Virunga 1 Ida 2 Whiplash 5 The Imitation Game 9 Wild 1 Interstellar 4 X-Men:Days of Future Past 1 BY DISTRIBUTOR Alchemy (1) Soda Pictures (1) Kajaki: The True Story 1 Finding Vivian Maier 1 Altitude (1) Sony Pictures (5) 20 Feet From Stardom 1 Whiplash 5 Artificial Eye (8) Studio Canal (15) Citizenfour 1 ‘71 2 Ida 2 The Imitation Game 9 Leviathan 1 Paddington 2 Lilting 1 Under the Skin 2 The Lunchbox 1 Twentieth Century Fox (26) Still Alice 1 Birdman 10 Two Days, One Night 1 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 1 Disney (5) Gone Girl 2 Big Hero 6 1 The Grand Budapest Hotel 11 Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Wild 1 Into the Woods 2 X-Men: Days of Future Past 1 Entertainment Film (2) Universal (17) Big Eyes 2 The Boxtrolls 1 Entertainment One (10) Boyhood 5 Foxcatcher 2 The Theory of Everything 10 Mr.
    [Show full text]
  • 28Th Leeds International Film Festival Presents Leeds Free Cinema Week Experience Cinema in New Ways for Free at Liff 28 from 7 - 13 November
    LIFF28th 28 Leeds International Film Festival CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN YOUR 28TH YEAR The BFI is proud to partner with Screen Yorkshire in a fantastic year for filmmaking in the region INCLUDING ‘71 GET SANTA SCREENING AT LIFF28 X + Y CATCH ME DADDY & LIFF28 OPENING NIGHT FILM TESTAMENT OF YOUTH Image: (2014) Testament of Youth James Kent Dir. bfi.org.uk/FilmFund Film Fund Ad LIFF 210x260 2014-10_FINAL 3.indd 1 27/10/2014 11:06 WELCOME From its beginnings at the wonderful, century-old Hyde Park Leeds International Film Festival is a celebration of both Picture House to its status now as a major national film event, film culture and Leeds itself, with this year more than 250 CONGRATULATIONS Leeds International Film Festival has always aimed to bring screenings, events and exhibitions hosted in 16 unique a unique and outstanding selection of global film culture locations across the city. Our venues for LIFF28 include the TO THE LEEDS INTERNATIONAL to the city for everyone to experience. This achievement main hub of Leeds Town Hall, the historic cinemas Hyde is not possible without collaborations and this year we’ve Park Picture House and Cottage Road, other city landmarks FILM FESTIVAL IN YOUR 28TH YEAR assembled our largest ever line-up of partners. From our like City Varieties, The Tetley, Left Bank, and Royal Armouries, long-term major funders the European Union and the British Vue Cinemas at The Light and the Everyman Leeds, in their Film Institute to exciting new additions among our supporting recently-completed Screen 4, and Chapel FM, the new arts The BFI is proud to partner with Screen Yorkshire organisations, including Game Republic, Infiniti, and Trinity centre for East Leeds.
    [Show full text]
  • Weinstein Company and Amc Theatres Offer High School Students Opportunity to See the Imitation Game Free on March 6
    WEINSTEIN COMPANY AND AMC THEATRES® OFFER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE IMITATION GAME FREE ON MARCH 6TH OSCAR® WINNING SCREENWRITER GRAHAM MOORE TO INTRODUCE FILM March 2, 2015 (New York, NY) – The Weinstein Company (TWC) and AMC Theatres announced today they are partnering to provide high school students nationwide with free tickets to Academy Award® winning film THE IMITATION GAME at AMC on Friday, March 6 only. The companies are offering complimentary tickets to the movie to 50,000 students, with AMC leading outreach to schools and community groups, with a special focus on high school computer classes, math and science teams and LGBT clubs being encouraged to attend at 180 theaters presenting the movie. The free high school screenings of the film at AMC will include a special taped introductory message from IMITATION GAME screenwriter Graham Moore, who was awarded last weekend with the Oscar® for Best Adapted Screenplay. Students can present their student ID at the participating AMC box office to receive a free ticket. For information on theatre locations and showtimes on Friday, March 6th, please visit: http://www.amctheatres.com/ Commented TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein: “As Graham Moore said in his brilliant speech at the Oscars, Turing’s legacy should inspire kids to be individuals, stay weird and stay different. We’re so pleased to be joining with the remarkable team at AMC in giving students all over the country an opportunity to see THE IMITATION GAME. Alan Turing’s story is an incredibly important part of history
    [Show full text]
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Will Screen the Highly-Anticipated Drama Series “Counterpart” at This Year’S Mipcom
    16-19 October 2017, Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France Press Release SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT WILL SCREEN THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED DRAMA SERIES “COUNTERPART” AT THIS YEAR’S MIPCOM Paris, 11 September 2017 – Sony Pictures Entertainment is inviting delegates at MIPCOM 2017 to an exclusive screening of the highly-anticipated, new drama series, “Counterpart,” an espionage series about a mysterious world hidden beneath the surface of our everyday existence. The global entertainment content market, MIPCOM takes place in Cannes, France, from 16-19 October. The “Counterpart” screening will take place in the Palais des Festivals on Sunday 15 October at 6:30pm, and will be open to all delegates. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with the cast and producer of the show. In “Counterpart,” from MRC, Anonymous Content and Gilbert Films, Academy Award Winner JK Simmons (“Whiplash,” “La La Land,” the “Spider-Man” franchise) plays Howard Silk, a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based UN spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadowy world of intrigue, danger, and double crossing… where the only man he can trust is “Prime” (also played by JK Simmons), his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world. The series also stars Olivia Williams (“The Sixth Sense,” “Hyde Park on Hudson,” “Manhattan”) as ‘Emily Burton Silk;’ Harry Lloyd (“The Theory of Everything,” “Jane Eyre,” “Manhattan”) as ‘Peter Quayle;’ Nazanin Boniadi (“Homeland,” “Ben-Hur,” “Hotel Mumbai”) as ‘Clare;’ Nicholas Pinnock (“Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marcella,” “A.D.
    [Show full text]
  • 87Th Oscars Nominations Announced
    MEDIA CONTACT Natalie Kojen [email protected] Gail Silverman [email protected] January 15, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 87TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED LOS ANGELES, CA — Directors Alfonso Cuarón and J.J. Abrams, actor Chris Pine and Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs announced the nominations for the 87th Academy Awards® today (January 15). For the first time, nominees in all 24 categories were announced live. Cuarón and Abrams announced the nominees in 11 categories at 5:30 a.m. PT, followed by Pine and Boone Isaacs for the remaining 13 categories at 5:38 a.m. PT, at the live news conference attended by more than 400 international media representatives. For a complete list of nominees, visit the official Oscars website, www.oscar.com. Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. Official screenings of all motion pictures with one or more nominations will begin for members on Saturday, January 24, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Screenings also will be held at the Academy’s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood and in London, New York and the San Francisco Bay Area. Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all categories. To access the complete nominations press kit, visit www.oscars.org/press/press-kits.
    [Show full text]
  • 2014 Nominations & Winners
    2014 NOMINATIONS & WINNERS (presented in 2015) FELLOWSHIP MIKE LEIGH OUTSTANDING BRITISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA BBC FILMS BEST FILM BIRDMAN Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, James W. Skotchdopole BOYHOOD Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson THE IMITATION GAME Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM ’71 Yann Demange, Angus Lamont, Robin Gutch, Gregory Burke THE IMITATION GAME Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwarzman, Graham Moore PADDINGTON Paul King, David Heyman PRIDE Matthew Warchus, David Livingstone, Stephen Beresford THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten UNDER THE SKIN Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER ELAINE CONSTANTINE (Writer/Director) Northern Soul GREGORY BURKE (Writer), YANN DEMANGE (Director) ’71 HONG KHAOU (Writer/Director) Lilting PAUL KATIS (Director/Producer), ANDREW DE LOTBINIÈRE (Producer) Kajaki: The True Story STEPHEN BERESFORD (Writer), DAVID LIVINGSTONE (Producer) Pride FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IDA Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol, Ewa Puszczynska LEVIATHAN Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov THE LUNCHBOX Ritesh Batra, Arun Rangachari, Anurag Kashyap, Guneet Monga TRASH Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd DOCUMENTARY 20 FEET FROM STARDOM Morgan Neville, Caitrin Rogers, Gil Friesen 20,000 DAYS ON EARTH Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard CITIZENFOUR Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky FINDING VIVIAN MAIER John Maloof, Charlie Siskel VIRUNGA Orlando von Einsiedel, Joanna Natasegara ANIMATED FILM BIG HERO 6 Don Hall, Chris Williams THE BOXTROLLS Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable THE LEGO MOVIE Phil Lord, Christopher Miller DIRECTOR BIRDMAN Alejandro G.
    [Show full text]
  • Mapping the British Biopic: Evolution, Conventions, Reception and Masculinities
    Mapping the British Biopic: Evolution, Conventions, Reception and Masculinities Matthew Robinson A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of the West of England, Bristol for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education, University of the West of England, Bristol June 2016 90,792 words Contents Abstract 2 Chapter One: Introduction 3 Chapter Two: Critical Review 24 Chapter Three: Producing the British Biopic 1900-2014 63 Chapter Four: The Reception of the British Biopic 121 Chapter Five: Conventions and Themes of the British 154 Biopic Chapter Six: This is His Story: ‘Wounded’ Men and 200 Homosocial Bonds Chapter Seven: The Contemporary British Biopic 1: 219 Wounded Men Chapter Eight: The Contemporary British Biopic 2: 263 Homosocial Recoveries Chapter Nine: Conclusion 310 Bibliography 323 General Filmography 355 Appendix One: Timeline of the British Biopic 1900-2014 360 Appendix Two: Distribution of Gender and Professional 390 Field in the British Biopic 1900-2014 Appendix Three: Column and Pie Charts of Gender and 391 Profession Distribution in British Biopics Appendix Four: Biopic Production as Proportion of Total 394 UK Film Production Previously Published Material 395 1 Abstract This thesis offers a revaluation of the British biopic, which has often been subsumed into the broader ‘historical film’ category, identifying a critical neglect despite its successful presence throughout the history of the British film industry. It argues that the biopic is a necessary category because producers, reviewers and cinemagoers have significant investments in biographical subjects, and because biopics construct a ‘public history’ for a broad audience.
    [Show full text]
  • New Nordic Films Catalogue 2011
    17-20 AUGUST 2011 NEW NORDIC FILMS N O I T C Welcome to Haugesund! U D O AS YOU ALL KNOW , the tragic events here in and we would like to thank the Norwegian embassies R T Norway on 22. July have affected us strongly. But for their valuable support. N I as our country’s leaders have said, we shall meet this cruel deed by reaching for a society with even As a member of FIAPF (the International Federation more democracy, more openness and more love. of Film Producing Associations), the Norwegian Therefore we have to let everyday life go on and International Film Festival thinks it is natural to our festival is part of that. make Norway and the Festival an important meet - New Nordic Films is a film market, and a co - ing place also for Europe’s producers. production and film financing forum. It is organized To fulfill our aim of becoming a meeting place we within the framework of the Norwegian Inter - therefore arrange Nordic Co-Production and Film national Film Festival in Haugesund. New Nordic Financing Forum for the 7 th time in a row. Support Films was initiated in 1996 by the Nordic Film & TV from Innovation Norway has also made it possible Fund, and we are pleased that it is still one of our to develop a location programme together with most important partners after 17 years. Film Commission Norway. We would like to take the opportunity to thank the MEDIA Programme of the European Union and We are proud to play an important part in the the Nordic Council of Ministers for their contri - Nordic and European film industry, and we are bution.
    [Show full text]
  • Alan Turing Archive Sherborne School (Archon Code: Gb1949)
    ALAN TURING ARCHIVE SHERBORNE SCHOOL (ARCHON CODE: GB1949) Alan Mathison Turing was born on 23 June 1912 at Warrington Lodge, Warrington Avenue, Maida Vale, London, the second son of Julius Mathison Turing, a civil servant in India, and Ethel Sara Turing, daughter of Edward Waller Stoney, chief engineer of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railways. Alan’s elder brother was John Ferrier Turing (1908-1983). From 1922 to 1926 Alan attended Hazelhurst Preparatory School in Sussex, and from 1926 to 1931 Sherborne School in Dorset where he was a member of Westcott House. In 1931 he won an Open Scholarship in Mathematics to King’s College, Cambridge, and was awarded a degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1934. In 1935, aged 22, he was elected a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. He was awarded a Smith’s prize for his fellowship dissertation on the Central Limit Theorem. Alan then went as a Visiting Fellow to Princeton University in the USA where in June 1938 he was awarded a PhD for his thesis on ‘Systems of Logic based on Ordinals’. Alan returned to his Fellowship at King’s College, Cambridge in 1938. In 1939, at the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, where he was part of the team deciphering the Enigma machine. In 1942 he travelled to the USA to liaise with US codebreakers and in 1943 commenced work on speech encipherment at Hanslope Park. In 1945 Alan joined the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington where he designed the ACE computer.
    [Show full text]
  • Afi European Union Film Showcase
    ISSUE 69 AFI SILVER THEATRE AND CULTURAL CENTER NOVEMBER 27, 2014–JANUARY 29, 2015 AFI EUROPEAN UNION FILM SHOWCASE DECEMBER 3–21 Plus: THE WIZARD OF OZ 75th GONE WITH THE WIND 75th MARY POPPINS 50th A HARD DAY’S NIGHT 50th Robert Wise’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC and WEST SIDE STORY | IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE and Holiday Classics Pictured: Timothy Spall in Mike Leigh’s MR. TURNER, part of the AFI European Union Film Showcase AFI.com/Silver Contents EUROPEAN UNION FILM SHOWCASE AFI European Union Film Showcase .........2 December 3–21 Holiday Classics ..................................10 The best of European cinema…without the jet lag. OPENING NIGHT Robert Wise .......................................12 Now in its 27th year, the AFI European Union Film WARSAW UPRISING Special Engagements ........ 12, 14, 16 Showcase continues its tradition of bringing the best in In person: producer Jan Ołdakowski, director of the Warsaw Year in Review/Supporters European cinema to Washington audiences. Uprising Museum Acknowledgement ..............................13 This year's selection of more than 50 films includes Wed, Dec 3, 7:15 Calendar 15 international film festival award winners, local box-office Working with six hours of authentic documentary and newsreel footage ............................................ filmed in Warsaw in the summer and fall of 1944, director Jan Komasa Polska Courtesy of Telewizja First-Run Engagements hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus many ........................16 countries' official Oscar® submissions for Best Foreign (SUICIDE ROOM) has fashioned a remarkable one-of-a-kind film: a Language Film. non-fiction narrative of the momentous events surrounding the Warsaw AFI Member passes accepted at Uprising.
    [Show full text]
  • Oscar Best Picture 2015
    Sermenghi Saura ARCHITETTURE Academy Award Nominations and Winners for the Oscars 2015 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated the film achievements of 2014 which were presented in the Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories. The nominees were presented and prized in the ceremony on Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center®. The Nominations for the Category Best Picture were ... American Sniper Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Amdrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan; Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Lejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher and Kames W. Skotchdopole; Boyhood Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland; The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Yeremy Dawson; The Imitation Game Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman; Selma Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner; The Theory of Everything Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony Mc Carten; Whyplash Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster; Dott. Arch. Sermenghi Saura - Via Montecalderaro, 4721 - Castel S. Pietro Terme - Bologna Cod. Fisc. SRM SRA 62R63 A944P - P.IVA 02550880377 - Tel. 0039 051 6956055 Sermenghi Saura ARCHITETTURE The Winner for the Category Best Picture is ... Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher and Kames W. Skotchdopole. Film Synopsis Best known to the public as Birdman, the superhero he once played in a series of films, Riggan Thomson hopes to reestablish himself as a serious actor by mounting his own dramatic production on Broadway. With his self-doubt hindering the project, Thomson also finds himself threatened by the presence of a high-profile, egoistical movie star in his cast.
    [Show full text]