'The Imitation Game' tops at Capri Film Festival

According to sources, the Newport Beach Film Festival has picked ‘The Imitation Game’ for its 2014 Best Picture and Outstanding Ensemble Cast awards. ‘The Imitation Game’ will be screened Monday night at a members-only Orange County Film Society event with some members of the cast and crew at the Lido Live Theater in Newport Beach.

"After the Newport Beach Film Festival team screened 'The Imitation Game' at the Toronto International Film Festival, it was abundantly clear that this film and its cast were standouts," Gregg Schwenk, chief executive of the Newport Beach festival, said in a statement. "The film was exceptional at portraying the legacy and contribution of ... Turing and the code breakers," he added. The movie, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, tells the true story of cryptanalyst and computer scientist Alan Turing, who led the team that cracked the Nazis Enigma code during World War II.