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