Movie about Alan Turing

[fgentges at mindspring.com]

We went to see the movie "Imitation Game" about Alan Turing.  It was in 
the new theatre in Dulles Town Center.  The seats were luxurious and 
only two seats together remained 30 minutes prior to show time.

The movie concentrated on his work on solving the Enigma with a machine 
of his design. Other descriptions I've read of that work left me with 
the understanding others were more involved in the design than was shown 
here.

I also wonder about the machine itself which seemed to be designed to 
solve the 3 rotor version of Enigma and I thought the Germans had gone 
to four and then five rotors during the war.  The detail of the machine 
suggests that someone with some real knowledge did the design for the 
movie and someone that expert would have known how many rotors and how 
they moved.

Anyway, it is a good movie to go see if you have a chance.  It seemed 
too geeky to attract a sold out crowd and it will probably not last too 
long before being pulled from theatres and put out on DVD.  But then it 
was being shown to a neighbourhood of people that worked for CIA and 
contractors.

Frank K0BRA