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4.6/10   233 votes
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Writers:
Lynn Hershman-Leeson (writer)
Eileen Jones (writer)
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Release Date:
19 February 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Emmy Coer, a computer genius, devises a method of communicating with the past by tapping into undying information waves... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
If you make it through the opening credits more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tilda Swinton ... Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace

Francesca Faridany ... Emmy Coer
Timothy Leary ... Sims

Karen Black ... Lady Byron / Mother Coer
John O'Keefe ... Charles Babbage
John Perry Barlow ... John Crosse
J.D. Wolfe ... Nicholas Clayton
Owen Murphy ... William Lovelace
David Brooks ... Children's Tutor (David)
Esther Mulligan ... Mary Shelley
Ellen Sebastian ... Dr. Fury
Mark Capri ... Dr. Locock
Joe Wemple ... Priest / Talk Show Host
Chris von Sneidern ... Musician In Elevator
David Eppel ... Simon
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Leidenschaftliche Berechnung (Germany)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Singapore:PG (cut) | USA:Not Rated

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
A director's statement in the film's production notes says that the film was "structured around the idea of a double helix". "Every scene," the notes say, "was structured and shot using a DNA image as a model for actors' placement and camera movement." more
Quotes:
Doctor: The uterus is completely destroyed. All that mathematics was too much for your body. more
Movie Connections:
References Demon Seed (1977) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
If you make it through the opening credits, 1 March 1999
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Author: petshop from LA

If you make it through the opening credits, this may be your type of movie. From the first screen image of a woman holding her hands up to her face with white sheets blowing in the background one recalls a pretentious perfume commercial. It's all downhill from there.

The lead actress is basically a block of wood who uses her computer to reach into the past, and reconstruct the memories of photographs, to talk history's overlooked genius, Ada, who conceived the first computer language in the 1800s.

The low budget graphics would be forgivable if they were interesting, or even somewhat integral to the script.

Poor Tilda Swinton is wasted.

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