Conceiving Ada (1999)
1999 · NR · 1h 25m · Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
Genres: Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy
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…
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Writers: Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Eileen Jones
Cinematography: Bill Zarchy, Hiro Narita
Editor: Robert Dalva
Cast
Tilda Swinton as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of LovelaceFrancesca Faridany as Emmy CoerTimothy Leary as SimsKaren Black as Lady Byron / Mother CoerJohn Perry Barlow as John CrosseJohn O'Keefe as Charles BabbageJ.D. Wolfe as Nicholas ClaytonOwen Murphy as William LovelaceDavid Brooks as Children's TutorEsther Mulligan as Mary ShelleyEllen Sebastian as Dr. FuryMark Capri as Dr. LocockMore like this
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