The Imitation Game · written by Graham Moore · 2014

Christopher never arrives; Alan’s hope collapses and the bullies who previously attacked him surround him again.

Scene 80 of 130 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Boy #1

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Begins 1:13 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 80

At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing must persuade a skeptical team to build a machine that can break Enigma before the war is lost, while concealing the self the law condemns.

Scenes 1–12
Turing is investigated as a guarded outsider in 1951, then enters Bletchley in 1939 looking for the puzzle he can solve.
Scenes 13–30
He sees the scale of Enigma, believes a machine can solve it, and grows isolated from colleagues who make little progress.
Scenes 31–50
Churchill’s order gives Turing authority and his half-built machine advances toward sustained work.
Just before
Scene 77
Joan says her parents are taking her away from Bletchley; after an argument, Turing proposes marriage with a ring he makes from wire, and she accepts.
Scene 78
At the engagement party Joan celebrates the unusual ring, while Cairncross warns Turing that disclosure of his homosexuality could put him in danger; the newly engaged couple dance.
Scene 79
Young Alan encodes an ‘I love you’ letter for Christopher and runs to meet him when the new school term begins.
Scene 80
This scene

80EXT. SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOR BOYS - FRONT GATES - MINUTES LATER

Alan waits eagerly by the main gate as BOYS STREAM PAST —

— Joking, horsing around —

— Alan waits patiently, looking for Christopher’s face among the rowdy schoolboys —

— Until: They’re all gone.

Christopher never shows.

Alan looks at his undelivered note, then at the empty yard before him.

Where is Christopher?

Confused, Young Alan finally gives up...

... When he runs into the PACK OF BOYS who beat him up earlier.

BOY #1

Well look. Mr. Turing is all alone.

Young Alan stands frozen as they come at him, and we

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