'The Imitation Game' Star Allen Leech Attends the Opening Night of the Fourth Annual Napa Valley Film Festival

– By Beau Behan, Film Critic & Entertainment Reporter

The Fourth Annual Napa Valley Film Festival opens with a red carpet screening of The Imitation Game on Wednesday, Nov 12. One of the film’s stars, Allen Leech (In Fear, TV’s Downton Abbey), is scheduled to attend the event.

The Imitation Game is a biopic about the life and work of the pioneering computer scientist, Alan Turing.

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Fifth Estate, Star Trek Into Darkness, TV’s Sherlock) stars as Turing, and Leech portrays John Cairncross who is almost a confidant for Turing.

The film also stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance and Mark Strong.

The Festival takes place in Napa, Yountville, St. Helena, and Calistoga from Nov. 12 – 16. For more information on the Napa Valley Film Festival, go to: http://www.napavalleyfilmfest.org .

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Watch the film’s trailer. Photo Credit: The Weinstein Company