The Two Thousand Year Old Computer

August. 05,2012      
Rating:
9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

In 1901, a group of divers excavating an ancient Roman shipwreck near the island of Antikythera, off the southern coast of Greece, found a mysterious object - a lump of calcified stone that contained within it several gearwheels welded together after years under the sea. The 2,000-year-old object, no bigger than a modern laptop, is now regarded as the world's oldest computer, devised to predict solar eclipses and, according to recent findings, calculate the timing of the ancient Olympics. Following the efforts of an international team of scientists, the mysteries of the Antikythera Mechanism are uncovered, revealing surprising and awe-inspiring details of the object that continues to mystify.

Reviews

Matialth
2012/08/05

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Executscan
2012/08/06

Expected more

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SteinMo
2012/08/07

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

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Marva
2012/08/08

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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