Film details
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Featuring
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Countries
United Kingdom USA
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Year
1992
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Type
Television
Synopsis
In June 1954, at the age of 41, Dr. Alan Turing a renowned British mathematician and pioneering computer scientist was found dead of cyanide poisoning. At the outbreak of World War II, he was recruited into the Department of Communications, where he helped to break the code used by the German Enigma machine. In 1950, he wrote a paper called "Computer Machinery and Intelligence" which proposed a clear and definitive test to decide what would constitute a 'thinking machine' - a test that has still to be passed. Openly homosexual, he was convicted of gross indecency in 1952 and forced to undergo hormone therapy. Two years later, he committed suicide.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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narrator
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interviewee - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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interviewee - mathematician and Turing's biographer
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interviewee - mathematician
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interviewee - philosopher
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interviewee - statistician and cryptanalyst
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interviewee - mathematician and cryptanalyst
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interviewee
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interviewee - mathematician logician
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interviewee - electronic engineer ('Delilah' Project)
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interviewee - computer scientist/Thinking Machines Corp. (Boston)
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Credits
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Unknown:
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[Subject of Film]
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©
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Production Company
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[Produced] For
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[Produced] For
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Produced by
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[Series] Editor
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Production Manager
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Horizon Unit Manager
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Research
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Written by
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Film Camera
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Film Editor
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Film Sound
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Dubbing Mixer
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Consultant
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Horzon wishes to thank:
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