Accepting the ensemble performance award for The Imitation Game at the Palm Springs International Film Festival this past weekend, actor Benedict Cumberbatch spoke at length about Alan Turing, calling the World War II codebreaker at the center of the film a "war hero, a gay icon, and the father of modern computer science."
He's a man who died tragically early due to a government he helped free from facism by his work in World War II cracking the Enigma Code, rewarding him for his nature for quietly confessing to who he was – as a gay man in a time of intolerance in the 50s…Any attention this fiilm is getting, including us being awarded at this very prestigious awards night at the Palm Springs Awards we thank you for it – we dedicate to Alan.
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