Conceiving Ada (1999)
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?
Director: Lynn Hershman-Leeson
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Tilda Swinton as Ada Augusta Byron King, Countess of Lovelace |
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Francesca Faridany as Emmy Coer |
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Timothy Leary as Sims |
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Karen Black as Lady Byron / Mother Coer |
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John Perry Barlow as John Crosse |
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John O'Keefe as Charles Babbage |
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J.D. Wolfe as Nicholas Clayton |
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Owen Murphy as William Lovelace |
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David Brooks as Children's Tutor |
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Esther Mulligan as Mary Shelley |
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Ellen Sebastian as Dr. Fury |
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Mark Capri as Dr. Locock |
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Joe Wemple as Priest / Talk Show Host |
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Chris von Sneidern as Musician In Elevator |
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David Eppel as Simon |
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R.U. Sirius as Barlow |
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Kashka Peck as Teenage Ada |
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Rose Lockwood as Child Ada / Claire |
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Jesse Talman Boss as Baby Ada |
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Lillian L. Malmberg as Anne Isabelle Byron |
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Cyrus Mare as Ralph Byron |
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Michael Oosterom as Lord Byron |
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Pollyanna Jacobs as Cocktail Server |
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Roger Shaw as Priest (voice) |
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Bruce Sterling as CD Rom (Voice) |
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Dave Nelson as CD Rom (Voice) |
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Henry S. Rosenthal as CD Rom (Voice) |
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George Leeson as CD Rom (Voice) |
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Melissa Howden as CD Rom (Voice) |
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Josh Rosen as CD Rom (Voice) |
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Lynn Hershman-Leeson as CD Rom (Voice) |
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Lavay Smith as Club Band: Lead Singer |
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Bing Nathan as Club Band: Upright Bass |
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Chris Siebert as Club Band: Piano |
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Bill Stewart as Club Band: Alto Sax |
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Rosemary Astromsky as club patron |
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Brooke Baggett as club patron |
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Lori Baker as Club Patron |
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Stack Buss as club patron |
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Ellen Sebastian Chang as Club Patron |
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Ethan Hay as Club Patron |
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Geoffrey Herreman as Club Patron |
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Seanne-Marie Jacobsen as club patron |
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Michelle Kopecky as club patron |
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Sharon Leong as club patron |
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Jafer Louahdi as club patron |
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Kenneth Lorber as club patron |
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Melissa Margolis as club patron |
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Phillip Ristaino as Club Patron |
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Kit Robberson as Club Patron |
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Dawn Robinson as Club Patron |
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Jackie D. Stewart as Club Patron |
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Lena Strayhorn as Club Patron |
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Greg Thomas as Club Patron |
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Tabitha Warren as Club Patron |
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Charles Pinion as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Lynn Hershman-Leeson | Director |
| Production | Lynn Hershman-Leeson | Producer |
| Production | Henry S. Rosenthal | Producer |
| Writing | Lynn Hershman-Leeson | Writer |
| Writing | Eileen Jones | Writer |
| Camera | Bill Zarchy | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hiro Narita | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Dalva | Editor |
| Art | Lynn Hershman-Leeson | Production Design |
| Art | Laura F. Haynes | Art Direction |
