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Conceiving Ada /

"A dramatized biography of Lady Ada Lovelace, daughter of Romantic poet Lord Byron and mathematics genius who developed what became the world's first computer language 100 years before computers. Ada's story is told through Emmy, a contemporary computer scientist who is researching ar...

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Corporate Author: Residents (Musical group) (composer (expression))
Other Authors: Hershman-Leeson, Lynn, 1941- (Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Jones, Eileen, 1962- (Screenwriter), Rosenthal, Henry S. (Producer), Swinton, Tilda (Actor), Faridany, Francesca (Actor), Leary, Timothy, 1920-1996 (Actor), Black, Karen, 1939-2013 (Actor), O'Keefe, John, 1941- (Actor), Barlow, John Perry, 1947-2018 (Actor), Wolfe, J. D. (Actor), Narita, Hiro, 1941- (director of photography.)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [New York, NY] : Fox Lorber Films, [1999]
Subjects:
Lovelace, Ada King, > Countess of, > 1815-1852 > Drama.
Artificial life > Drama.
Computers > Drama.
Longs métrages > États-Unis.
Longs métrages > Allemagne.
Lovelace, Ada King, > Countess of, > 1815-1852
Feature films
Artificial life
Computers
United States
Germany
Biographical films
Drama
Fiction films
Science fiction films
Science fiction films.
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
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Summary:"A dramatized biography of Lady Ada Lovelace, daughter of Romantic poet Lord Byron and mathematics genius who developed what became the world's first computer language 100 years before computers. Ada's story is told through Emmy, a contemporary computer scientist who is researching artificial life. By using her own genetic code, Emmy is able to collapse time and link her world directly to Ada's. Realizing how parallel their lives are, she embarks on the task of "saving" Ada as the lines between the past and present, virtual reality and reality blur in the process."--Container
Item Description:DVD release of the 1997 motion picture.
Includes production credits, filmographies & awards, technical notes and weblinks.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD (with chapter stops)
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Hiro Narita ; editor, Robert Dalva ; music, The Residents ; production designer, Lynn Hershman Leeson.
ISBN:1572527889
9781572527881