经度
Longitude
Release: 2000-01-02
·Runtime: 198m
·★ 7.4
电视电影
剧情
历史
“经度问题”是18世纪最棘手的科学难题。在将近两个世纪的时间里,科学家们费尽心机,想找到一种解决方案。当时,整个欧洲的科学界——从伽利略到牛顿——都试图通过绘制天体图,从天空中找到解决方案。而钟表匠约翰·哈里森却独树一帜,大胆地提出了用机械方法(即使用一种能在海上提供精确时间的钟表)来解决该问题。他四十年如一日地潜心制作了后来被称作“精密时计”的完美计时器。
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Granada Productions
A+E Studios
Trailers & Videos
Cast
迈克尔·甘本
as John Harrison
杰瑞米·艾恩斯
as Rupert Gould
安娜·钱瑟勒
as Muriel Gould
伊恩·麦克尼斯
as Dr. Bliss
蒂姆·麦金纳尼
as Christopher Irwin
Trevor Cooper
as Roger Wills
Lucy Akhurst
as Grace Ingram
伊恩·哈特
as William Harrison (Adult)
布莱恩·考克斯
as Lord Morton
罗格·洛伊德-派克
as Capt. Man
Mark Tandy
as Whiston
William Thomas
as Arthur Mason
安德鲁·斯科特
as John Campbell
塞缪尔·韦斯特
as Nevil Maskelyne
Jonathan Coy
as Adm. Sir Cloudsley Shovell
约翰·斯坦丁
as Capt. Proctor
Michael Cochrane
as Waddington, Gould's solicitor
约翰·伍德
as Sir Edmund Halley
斯蒂芬·弗莱
as Sir Kenelm Digby
托比亚斯·门基斯
as Halley's Secretary
詹妮弗·琼斯
as Elizabeth Harrison
彼得·沃恩
as George Graham
奈杰尔·达文波特
as Sir Charles Pelham
Peter Cartwright
as Army Doctor
Daragh O'Malley
as Capt. Bourke
T. P. McKenna
as Edmund Burke
比尔·奈伊
as Lord Sandwich
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
as Dodo Gould
Peter-Hugo Daly
as John Jefferies
尼古拉斯·罗
as King George
海克·玛卡琪
as Queen Charlotte
Cliff Parisi
as Lt. Draper
查尔斯·爱德华兹
as Lt. Seward
皮普·托伦斯
as Capt. Lindsay
约翰·诺明顿
as Mr. Greene