Christopher Hodsol, Gemma Jones, Ian Hart, Jeremy Irons, Jonathan Coy ...( see more  see more... ) , Michael Gambon , Peter Cartwright

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Directed by: Charles Sturridge

Release Date: January 2, 2000

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DVD Release Date: September 26, 2000

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  • October 16, 2009
    Strange tale of working out how to navigate the worlds ocenas but irons is great as usual. Weird how he seems to fit the roll of a sailor....lol.
  • November 11, 2008
    If you like inspiration and history I thought this was a great film. It's too bad the media overlooked this little one. It's an awesome story that parallels the lives of two similar men each with an obsession that eventually alters humanity.
  • March 23, 2008
    Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons give wonderful performances in "Longitude". The story is about John Harrison (Gambon) building the marine chronometer in the 18th century, while a parallel story meshes of Rupert Gould (Irons) in the 20th century restoring the pieces Harrrison buil...( read more)t. A film very true to the facts, and great performances throughout. I enjoyed it alot.
    A history lesson I didn't know nothing about, and the film showed me how we must be thankful that people like John Harrison and his son William dedicated their lives to help make something to better mankind, and save people out at sea.

    Go to this site for more info on John Harrison

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison

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