The wording is documented as dialogue in The Imitation Game (2014), whose screenplay is credited to Graham Moore. A historical Alan Turing source for these words has not been established here.
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Provenance
The source
Work
The Imitation Game (2014)
Writer
Graham Moore, screenplay
On-screen speakers
Alan Turing and Christopher Morcom, fictionalized characters
the people no one
Short literal excerpt from the film dialogue transcribed by Wikiquote. The actor or character is not being identified as the writer.
The documented screen use supports a film attribution. It does not by itself authenticate a statement by the historical Alan Turing; the film transcript ↗ is not a historical Turing document.
The documented source is a 2014 film and is treated as in copyright. Film-production rights are separate from screenplay authorship; the present research does not establish the ownership chain.
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Historical attribution unconfirmed
The historical-person attribution must be distinguished from the documented film source.
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Historical attribution to Alan Turing Unconfirmed
The film dialogue ↗ is written for a fictionalized Turing and also assigned to Christopher Morcom. It is not a historical record of either person’s speech.
✓The documented writer is Graham Moore, as identified in the screenplay credit ↗. Historical Turing authorship remains unconfirmed.
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Film dialogue transcribed under both Alan Turing and Christopher Morcom; screenplay credited to Graham Moore.
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American screenwriter and novelist who wrote the screenplay for The Imitation Game. Screen dialogue belongs to the dramatic work; its attribution is distinct from the biography of the historical people it portrays.
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Moore, Graham, screenplay. The Imitation Game. Directed by Morten Tyldum, 2014. Dialogue documented in Wikiquote.
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