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Conceiving Ada

Conceiving Ada

1999 1h 25mScience FictionDramaFantasy

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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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?

Behind it

Lynn Hershman-LeesonLynn Hershman-LeesonDirectorEileen JonesWriterBill ZarchyCinematographyHiro NaritaHiro NaritaCinematography

Cast

Tilda SwintonTilda SwintonAda Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
Francesca FaridanyFrancesca FaridanyEmmy Coer
Timothy LearyTimothy LearySims
Karen BlackKaren BlackLady Byron / Mother Coer
John Perry BarlowJohn Crosse
John O'KeefeCharles Babbage
J.D. WolfeNicholas Clayton
Owen MurphyWilliam Lovelace
David BrooksDavid BrooksChildren's Tutor
Esther MulliganMary Shelley
Ellen SebastianDr. Fury
Mark CapriMark CapriDr. Locock
Joe WemplePriest / Talk Show Host
Chris von SneidernMusician In Elevator
David EppelSimon
R.U. SiriusBarlow
Kashka PeckTeenage Ada
Rose LockwoodChild Ada / Claire

Director

Lynn Hershman-Leeson

Writers

Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Eileen Jones

Release date

19 Feb 1999

Runtime

1h 25m

Studio

Complex Corporation, Hotwire Productions, Outpost Studios

Language

English

Countries

Canada,United States of America

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