Conceiving Ada
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Synopsis
Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves. She manages to reach the world of Ada Lovelace, founder of the idea of a computer language and proponent of the possibilities of the "difference engine." Ada's ideas were stifled and unfulfilled because of the reality of life as a woman in the nineteenth century. Emmy has a plan to defeat death and the past using her own DNA as a communicative agent to the past, bringing Ada to the present. But what are the possible ramifications?
Details
- Lynn Hershman-Leeson
- February 19, 1999
- Released
- Canada, United States of America
- Complex Corporation
- 1h 25m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Tilda SwintonAda Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace -
Francesca FaridanyEmmy Coer -
Timothy LearySims -
Karen BlackLady Byron / Mother Coer -
John Perry BarlowJohn Crosse
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John O'KeefeCharles Babbage
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J.D. WolfeNicholas Clayton
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Owen MurphyWilliam Lovelace
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David BrooksChildren's Tutor -
Esther MulliganMary Shelley
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Ellen SebastianDr. Fury
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Mark CapriDr. Locock
