The Imitation Game

Alan Turing should be hailed as an international hero. Instead, he was castrated by his government for being gay. He played a key role in decoding messages from the Nazi's during World War II, and by some estimates, shortened that war by two years and saved millions of lives with his genius.​

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The question before us for this episode is "Does 'The Imitation Game' give Alan Turing his due?" Does it provide a depiction of the man that is fair? And, let's not go with the "But movies always take liberties." approach. We know they do. But there are times when they leave the worst impression by doing so. For this episode, sharing the true story behind this movie based on a true story is a cause to bring the people in this story their due.

 

Is that a bit of strong coffee for a movie podcast? Why, yes, I think it is.

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Sources used for this episode include:

1. How accurate is ‘The Imitation Game’?

2. Portrayal of Imitation Game 'baddy' is inaccurate, says family

3. The True Story of The Imitation Game

4. An Enigmatic Affair - The Lady

5. Alan Turing: Inquest's suicide verdict 'not supportable'

6. The Imitation Game (2014) - History vs. Hollywood

7. Unraveling the tale behind the Apple logo

 

 

 

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[Biopics (Mostly) Suck does not claim ownership of the information contained in the links above. The intent for providing the links to sources above is to provide due credit.]

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