Conceiving Ada
1999, English. Directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson.
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?
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
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Cast & crew
- Lynn Hershman-LeesonDirector
- Tilda SwintonAda Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace
- Francesca FaridanyEmmy Coer
- Timothy LearySims
- Karen BlackLady Byron / Mother Coer
- John Perry BarlowJohn Crosse
- John O'KeefeCharles Babbage
- J.D. WolfeNicholas Clayton
- Owen MurphyWilliam Lovelace
- David BrooksChildren's Tutor
- Esther MulliganMary Shelley
- Ellen SebastianDr. Fury
- Mark CapriDr. Locock
Details
- Released
- 19 February 1999
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
- Written by
- Lynn Hershman-Leeson, Eileen Jones
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Conceiving Ada runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Who directed Conceiving Ada?
Conceiving Ada (1999) was directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson and stars Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Timothy Leary.