Saw
The Imitation Game last night which is a drama that describes
some of the events in the life of British mathematician Alan Turing.
A key focus of the film is a depiction of the period at Bletchley Park
cracking the German Enigma code using the
electromechanical bombe.
The title of the film borrows from the famed
Turing Test.
Computer scientists will also be aware of Turing's seminal work on
computability theory, including the halting problem and the deeply
mathematical concepts surrounding the Universal Turing Machine.
None of these are directly mentioned as it would be difficult to weave
them into a screenplay of a movie that could then keep the audience engaged.
Though this mathematical work is a legacy that will stand the test of time
like Pythagoras, Turing's war-time efforts in recent history are staggering
enough that audience members, whether they already know the story
or not, will come away with a sense of awe in his tenacity and genius.
Trailer -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn-7SNrQWMo