Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)

Özet

It was one of humankind's most epic quests - a technical problem so complex that it challenged the best minds of its time, a problem so important that the nation that solved it would rule the economy of the world. The problem was navigation by sea—how to know where you were when you sailed beyond the sight of land - establishing your longitude. While the gentry of the 18th Century looked to the stars for the answer, an English clockmaker, John Harrison, toiled for decades to solve the problem. His elegant solution made him an unlikely hero and remains the basis for the most modern forms of navigation in the world today. This film will be both a celebration of Harrison's invention and an adventure story. An expedition on a period sailing vessel as it sails the open sea will demonstrate the life and death importance of finding your longitude at sea.

Oyuncular

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  Richard Dreyfuss

  Narrator

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  Patrick Malahide

  John Harrison

Ekip

Yönetmen

Peter Jones

Senaryo

David Axlerod

Hikâye / Eser

Dava Sobel

Yapımcı

David Axlerod

Yönetici yapımcı

Paula S. Apsell

Görüntü yönetmeni

Brian McDairmant

Müzik

Dan Jones

Kurgu

Eve Gage