Breaking the Code Page #2

Synopsis: A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. Turing was also a homosexual in Britain at a time when this was illegal.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Herbert Wise
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Year:
1996
75 min
685 Views


and wakes up in the arms of the handsome prince.

It's really very moving ...

Personally, I like the intrigue ...

- ... A good intrigue. - Are you going to the movies often?

No, I can not afford it.

No longer. I am jobless.

Bad luck.

Tell me me! Now I have to stay home.

Not many whims, now. And you?

I have my own home.

- No, I mean the work. - Oh! I'm in college.

Are you too old for that.

- Well, I staff. - A teacher?

No, not exactly. We perform research work. - Well, I staff. - A teacher?

No, not exactly. We perform research work.

- What work? - Science, Mathematics.

Today we try to build a special kind of machine,

what people call "electronic brain".

- Dammit! That sounds like ... - Like what?

It sounds like a movie. What was his name? Michael Rennie.

I saw her in London. Michael Rennie and a kind of robot.

- Oh! - "The Day the earth." - "The Day the earth."

- Have you seen it? - Do not.

Oh, how cool!

So, what you do that thing that is working?

Ah ... well, they are proposed mathematical problems ... problems,

and solved very quickly. Ah ... well, they are proposed mathematical problems ... problems,

and solved very quickly.

- How fast? - Very, very fast.

Much faster than could a human being.

- As a calculating machine. - Mmm ... No, no, it's much more than that.

What we are trying to build a machine that can learn things

and eventually think for herself.

Dammit!

It's not exactly a robot, not a brain-not as a human brain.

It is what we call digital computer.

And have you thought about that?

Yeah, something like that.

- Must be interesting work well. - Yes it is.

- I could not be more so. - Not bad.

Would you like to eat something? There is a cafe down the street.

No, I can not...

- No, really, ah ... - Never mind. It's okay. No, I can not...

- No, really, ah ... - Never mind. It's okay.

Can it be another time?

If, according. When?

- This weekend? - Would you like?

- How about Friday night? - All right.

- You come to my house? - Agree.

All right. This is the address.

Come to my house. Will you know to come here?

Yes, I can find it.

All right. Come around seven, and you prepare dinner.

- Good cook, huh? - Do not give me wrong.

What is your name?

- Ron. - Alan.

- It's made a real mess. - What?

This place. - It's made a real mess. - What?

This place.

I have never seen such a mess.

And what are all those things in the bathroom?

Potassium cyanide poison.

I try to make a herbicide.

For what?

To kill weeds.

Well, buy one. You can afford it.

But I like to do things! It's fun!

What made you start all this?

Your interest in science and stuff. What made you start all this?

Your interest in science and stuff.

It has always interested me.

Even when you were a kid? It has always interested me.

Even when you were a kid?

Even then. Yes, even then.

When I was a child, the numbers were my friends.

- Do not! - My friends!

You know how kids have their secrets imaginary friends.

Friends that you can always trust.

Dolls, teddy bears ... still dressed as babies.

My friends were the numbers. Because they are wonderfully reliable.

They never break their own rules.

Then, when I was nine or ten years

I was given a book called Christmas

"Wonders of Nature that every child should know".

I thought it was the most exciting book I had ever read.

I think it was a soft to the facts of life introduction.

Something about watching some eggs, I remember.

But what the whole book could convey was

the idea that life, all life,

It is actually a large and comprehensive enterprise of science.

It is not necessary to appeal to God or the Divine Creation.

All science:
minerals, plants, animals, humans.

"The body is a machine," he said.

Oh, how exciting was read! What novel,

challenging, remarkable idea that it was.

It made life seem an exciting challenging experiment, remarkable idea that was.

It made life seem an exciting experiment

and I wish with all my might take part in this experiment.

- You have always been fag? - If.

- Never you liked girls? - No. - You've always been a fag? - If.

- Never you liked girls? - Do not.

I like both. That is, girls would if I had occasion.

But it is not so easy to get. Not if you're broke.

An old Reinn bound me when I was in London.

Silk sheets; cushions on the bed. Very different from this place.

- And you still snore. - I am sorry.

Like my father. You can hear him snoring all over the damn house. - And you still snore. - I am sorry.

Like my father. You can hear him snoring all over the damn house.

- What were you doing in London? - What do you mean?

Well, I mean, you were working, holiday, what?

On holiday, I guess. I tried to find a job, but I could not. Well, I mean, you were working, holiday, what?

On holiday, I guess. I tried to find a job, but I could not.

I got full board in the slammer.

And they sent me back here on probation.

What is that place on the road?

What place?

That big shed. It is seen from the bathroom window.

Oh! It is an old aircraft hangar.

Do you know the facilities of the RAF? Oh! It is an old aircraft hangar.

Do you know the facilities of the RAF?

Well, I worked there during the war.

- You did it? - Now you know.

Where were you?

Here and there.

Doing what?

I was working for the government.

- Doing what? - Ah ... it is enough.

- Tell me. - No, I can not. I promised not to.

- Who are you promised? - When Mr. Churchill.

- Bullshit! - Why not? It is true. - Who are you promised? - When Mr. Churchill.

- Bullshit! - Why not? It is true.

A mine indiscretion could have meant losing the war!

- Oh yeah? - Of course.

Oh, hey, I'll tell you ...

I'll tell you something strange about that ... hangar. Oh, hey, I'll tell you ...

I'll tell you something strange about that ... hangar.

What is it?

largest at night it becomes.

- Larger? - Look!

- Bullshit! - It is true!

It seems in any case. Ie during the day, it's just a shed,

but when the sun sets seems to grow more and more.

I think I'll write a story about it.

Good idea.

- Do you believe it? - Why not?

Yes, it's like that film you enjoyed so much ...

- Does the robot? - If.

Yes, very creepy, very creepy ...

You will see. I guess I go inside the hangar, and is ... desert.

It is abandoned. It is very dark, you can not see anything.

And when I'm inside the door ... it slams shut behind me!

- No exit. - No exit.

And then I realize that is not a hangar at all.

I'm trapped inside a huge mechanical brain.

And that brain, the hangar, begins to play chess with me.

And I have to win, otherwise I'll never get out.

We played all day and all night ... and day and the following night ...

... But the brain is too smart for me.

I can not keep up with the movements and I'm terrified.

I'll be stuck there for the rest of my life.

You see, suddenly ... I can not think of a good finish.

Flash Gordon comes and rescues you.

Do not.

Ah ... I thought: maybe.

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Andrew Hodges

Andrew Hodges (; born 1949) is a British mathematician and author. more…

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