Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)


  • Genre: Adventure, Documentary, Drama, History, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1998-10-06
  • User Rating: 9/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 54min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: SVT Drama
  • Production Country: Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America
  • Director: Peter Jones
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Summary

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.

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  • Richard Dreyfuss

    as Narrator
  • Patrick Malahide

    as John Harrison
Production Paula S. Apsell Executive Producer
Costume & Make-Up Patrick Bennet Set Dressing Artist
Sound Kent Gibson Sound Designer
Sound Fraser Barber Sound
Sound Tony Briskham Sound
Directing Peter Jones Director
Production Angela Oakhill Associate Producer
Camera Brian McDairmant Director of Photography
Art Derek Dodd Production Design
Editing Eve Gage Editor
Sound Dan Jones Original Music Composer
Sound Kent Gibson Supervising Sound Editor
Crew Mason Daring Additional Music
Writing Dava Sobel Book
Writing David Axlerod Writer
Production David Axlerod Producer
Crew Martin Brody Additional Music
Sound Kent Gibson Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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