Longitude [videorecording] / a Granada Film production for Channel Four in association with A & E Television Networks ; producer, Selwyn Roberts ; written and directed by Charles Sturridge.
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FilmPublisher: New York, NY : A & E : New Video Group [distributor, 2000]Description: 2 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 076702771X (set); 9780767027717 (set); 0767027728 (v. 1) :; 9780767027724 (v. 1); 0767027736 (v. 2) :; 9780767027731 (v. 2)Subject(s): Harrison, John, 1693-1776 -- Drama | Gould, Rupert Thomas, 1890-1948 -- Drama | Longitude -- Measurement -- History -- Drama | Clock and watch makers -- Great Britain -- DramaGenre/Form: Made-for-TV movies. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. | Historical -- Television feature.Production credits: Director of photography, Peter Hannan ; editor, Peter Coulson ; music, Geoffey Burgon.Cast: Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon.Summary: Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chronometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 視聽資料(公播及非公播) | 世新大學圖書館 四樓視聽資料區 | 數位影音光碟(DVD) | DVD 791.4572 Lo 2000 v.1 (Browse shelf) | Available | 公播版. | B001988 | |||
| 視聽資料(公播及非公播) | 世新大學圖書館 四樓視聽資料區 | 數位影音光碟(DVD) | DVD 791.4572 Lo 2000 v.2 (Browse shelf) | 9780767027717 | Available | 公播版. | B001989 |
DVD.
Closed-captioned.
Jeremy Irons, Michael Gambon.
Director of photography, Peter Hannan ; editor, Peter Coulson ; music, Geoffey Burgon.
Originally produced for television in 1999.
Based on the book by Dava Sobel.
Interweaves two stories: John Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer; and naval officer Rupert Gould who, two hundred years later, stumbles across Harrison's forgotten chronometers and devotes himself to restoring Harrison's long-neglected mechanical masterpieces.
Includes behind-the-scenes featurette, interactive menus, and scene selection.
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