Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)
54m
Running Time
October 6, 1998Release Date
Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude (1998)
54m
Running Time
October 6, 1998Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Richard Dreyfuss
Narrator

Patrick Malahide
John Harrison

Peter Jones
Director

Kent Gibson
Sound Designer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor

Peter Jones
Director

Tony Briskham
Sound

David Axelrod
Writer

Paula S. Apsell
Executive Producer

Fraser Barber
Sound

Angela Oakhill
Associate Producer

David A. Axelrod
Producer

Patrick Bennet
Set Dressing Artist

Brian McDairmant
Director of Photography

Derek Dodd
Production Design

Eve Gage
Editor

David Axlerod
Producer / Writer
Details.
Release DateOctober 6, 1998
StatusReleased
Running Time54m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
biography
docudrama
navigation
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