4.7Conceiving Ada · 1999
Conceiving Ada (1999) is a Science Fiction / Drama / Fantasy film directed by Lynn Hershman-Leeson, starring Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Timothy Leary.
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4.7Overview
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?
Cast
Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Timothy Leary, Karen Black, John Perry Barlow, John O'Keefe, J.D. Wolfe, Owen Murphy
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What is "Conceiving Ada" about?
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?
When was "Conceiving Ada" released?
Conceiving Ada was released in 1999.
Who stars in "Conceiving Ada"?
The cast includes Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Timothy Leary, Karen Black.
