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"Harvey Weinstein has spoken about his decision to acquire the US rights for Benedict Cumberbatch&amp;#039;s The Imitation Game. Earlier this month, The Weinstein Company reportedly paid $7 million (\u00C2\u00A34.3m) for the historical film, which is the first English language movie from director Morten Tyldum.   Speaking about his decision to acquire the rights to the film after seeing only 20 minutes of footage, Weinstein told Deadline: &amp;quot;It was easier in that we all knew the script and could see the level of performance Morten Tyldum got in his first English language film.&amp;quot; He praised Cumberbatch - who plays Alan Turing in the biopic - for finding the right balance of Turing&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;vulnerability&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;genius&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;arrogance&amp;quot;.  &amp;quot;Alan Turing is not outwardly very sympathetic. He&amp;#039;s brilliant, but the way that Benedict Cumberbatch played him showed us these guys found the right level of vulnerability, genius and the arrogance of the character, too.  &amp;quot;We felt after reading the script that you could get this wrong, from the tone to the casting. The reason we didn&amp;#039;t make it ourselves was, it felt like a near impossible walk on a tightrope. Morten walked the tightrope.&amp;quot; The Imitation Game also stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode and Mark Strong, and is now seen as an early contender for the 2015 awards season. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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