Conceiving Ada

Conceiving Ada

Release date : February 19, 1999
Runtime : 1h 25m
Countries of origin : Canada /
Original Language : English /
Director : Lynn Hershman-Leeson /
Production companies : Complex Corporation / Hotwire Productions / Outpost Studios /
February 19, 1999 1h 25m Canada Science Fiction English More
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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?
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Tilda Swinton
Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Karen Black
Lady Byron / Mother Coer
John Perry Barlow
John Crosse
John O'Keefe
Charles Babbage
J.D. Wolfe
Nicholas Clayton
Owen Murphy
William Lovelace
David Brooks
Children's Tutor
Esther Mulligan
Mary Shelley
Mark Capri
Dr. Locock
Joe Wemple
Priest / Talk Show Host
Chris von Sneidern
Musician In Elevator
R.U. Sirius
Barlow
Kashka Peck
Teenage Ada
Rose Lockwood
Child Ada / Claire

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  • title:Conceiving Ada
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1999
  • Runtime:1h 25m
  • Genres: Science Fiction · Drama · Fantasy ·
  • Countries of origin: Canada ·
  • Original Language: English ·
  • Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson /
  • Writers: Lynn Hershman-Leeson · Eileen Jones ·
  • Production companies: Complex Corporation · Hotwire Productions · Outpost Studios ·
  • Overview: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?
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