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Longitude: With Jeremy Irons, Anna Chancellor, Emma Kay, Samuel West. In two parallel stories, the clockmaker John Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea in the 18th Century and the horologist Rupert Gould becomes obsessed with restoring it in the 20th Century.
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- 2000-01-02
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Longitude is a TV adaptation of Dava Sobel's book about John Harrison's invention of the marine chronometer. It stars Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons as Harrison and his 20th-century biographer Rupert Gould.
- Period Drama
Paralleling the story of 18th-century scientist John Harrison (Michael Gambon), who develops a clock to measure longitude, with that of Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons), a...
In the 18th century, the only way to navigate accurately at sea was to follow a coastline all the way, which would not get you from Europe to the West Indies...
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When British Parliament creates an award of twenty thousand pounds sterling to whomever can come up with a solution for determining longitude at sea, a carpenter-turned-clockmaker, John Harrison (Sir Michael Gambon), begins his experiments to build an accurate timepiece unaffected by sea travel.
Can't think of anything better than Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons for over 3 hours with a splash of Stephen Fry, Tim McInnery and Bill Nighy to lighten the journey a little. A fantastic film ...
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Aug 29, 2000 · 'Longitude' is a captivating historical drama that seamlessly transitions between the 18th and 20th centuries, recounting the remarkable journey of John Harrison and his son William as they strive for recognition of their groundbreaking timepiece, pivotal in solving the longitude problem at sea.
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