This TV movie focuses on the key years 1967 - 1971 with John Lennon's break from the Beatles his troubled relationship with his father his all consuming romance with Yoko Ono and his eventual move to America. In this exciting and powerful film Christopher Eccleston's portrayal of Lennon so spookily inhabiting the great man will give audiences a huge nostalgia trip whilst telling a story which until now hasn't been shown on screen. In Supporting roles are Naoko Mori (Torchwood) Chris Fairbank (Only Fools and Horses) Rory Kinnear (Margaret/Finchley First Men in the Moon) Claudie Blakley (Larkrise Cranford) and Andrew Scott (John Adams). The film is directed by BAFTA award winning director/producer Edmund Coulthard who recently received multiple awards (Cannes Sydney Bafta IFTA) as producer of Hunger a film about the hunger-striker Bobby Sands and a BAFTA as director of Soundproof and written by Robert Jones known for Party Animals and No1 Ladies Detective Agency.
Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. The Imitation Game is a gripping, acclaimed thriller that tells the incredible true story of unsung war hero Alan Turing, the British mathematician responsible for cracking the German Enigma code during World War II. Benedict Cumberbatch (The Fifth Estate, Star Trek Into Darkness, and TV's Sherlock) and Keira Knightley (BAFTA nominee for Atonement, OscarĀ® nominee for Pride and Prejudice) star as Turing and his ally and fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke, alongside a top-notch cast, including Matthew Goode (Stoker, A Single Man), Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), Rory Kinnear (Skyfall), Charles Dance (Gosford Park, TV's Game of Thrones), Allen Leech (In Fear, TV's Downton Abbey) and Matthew Beard (An Education).
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