Product DescriptionAcademy Award winner Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune, The French Lieutenant s Woman) stars in this sweeping adaptation of Dava Sobel s sweeping adaptation of Dava Sobel s best-selling book which tells a time spanning parallel story of high seas adventure and political intrigue in the race to discover the life-or-death secret of...LONGITUDE.Determined to stop shipping losses on the oceans of the 18th century, Britain s Parliament offers an unprecedented cash award to anyone who can devise a way to determine longitude at sea. Convinced he can solve the problem that has defeated England s best minds, rural clock maker John Harrison (Michael Gambon) begins an obsessive, 40-year struggle to claim the Longitude prize with his ingenious marine clock. Meanwhile, 200 years in the future, naval officer Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) stumbles across harrison s forgotten chronometers. A veteran of the Great War, Gould sets out to bring some measure of order to his own shell-shocked life by devoting himself to restoring Harrison s long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.Interwoven in an epic tale spaning two centuries, LONGITUDE is a lavishly produced voyage into the farthest reaches of human passion, perseverance, and discovery.
Format: DVD MOVIE - Actors: Jonathan Coy, Christopher Hodsol, Jeremy Irons, Peter Cartwright, John Nettleton
- Director: Charles Sturridge
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
- ISBN: 076702771X
- Language (Original Language): English
- Language (Dubbed): English
- Region Code: 0
- Release Date: 2000-08-29
- Running Time: 200 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2000
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