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In LONGITUDE, an 18th-century clock maker named Jon Harrison (Michael Gambon) begins what is to become a 40-year task to invent a system for determining longitude at sea with a nautical timepiece. Meanwhile, 200 years in the future, naval officer Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) discovers Harrison's neglected chronometers and sets .. Read more

Starring	Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Ian Hart, Peter Vaughan
Director	Charles Sturridge
Genres	Drama

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  Brilliant piece of history
  
  Michael Gambon is marvellous as John Harrison and to see his frustration as he tries to prove that his invention is just what is needed is amazing.
  
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  - Neville Kelley
  - Abergele, North Wales
  - 13 Jan 2005 at 19:43
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  A Well Acted Piece of History
  
  This movie not only portrays the determination of Jon Harrison in getting one of his now famous timepieces to determine longitude, but also depicts quite ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Oct 2011 at 21:31
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  Harrison would spin if he saw this
  
  Very disappointing as films of books so often are. Read the book, skip the film.
  
  The film leaves out lots of important detail and fills the gap with ... read more »
  
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- - Pudden
  - 14 reviews
  - 10 Oct 2011 at 19:50
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  More than just another history lesson.
  
  This could quite easily have been a boring history lesson of interest to a small group of enthusiasts but presence of Irons and Gambon lift it well above that. ... read more »
  
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- - anaxi
  - 10 reviews
  - Coalville, Leics
  - 15 Sep 2010 at 00:57
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  Educating and Interesting Story
  
  As a navigator, I found this film very interesting and the instruction on the need for accurate time straight forward. The true narrative is well presented with... read more »
  
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- - GeoffB
  - 3 reviews
  - Bury St. Edmunds
  - 08 Feb 2010 at 20:57
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  Fantastic Story
  
  Its a great story. I read the book and then saw the series. Its inspiring and we just had to see the read clocks at Grrenwich. Just watch it!
  
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- - DrRob
  - 8 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 07 Jan 2010 at 18:36
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  Longitude
  
  I watched this drama originally on television and enjoyed the unusual but fascinating story of Jon Harrison a man whose life & work is vividly & ... read more »
  
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  - Liverpool
  - 10 Oct 2009 at 22:15
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  longitude
  
  the story is good the amount of really good actors in the film say's it all the struggle to save so many live's at the time was unbealable and not not ... read more »
  
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- - noseyrosie
  - 8 reviews
  - Mirfield
  - 01 Aug 2009 at 08:41
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  Sheer Quality
  
  This is a long film - well two films actually - but well worth watching. This is an absorbing story, which would have made a fascinating documentary in its ... read more »
  
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  - Heywood
  - 02 Jul 2009 at 22:23
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  Absorbing
  
  I found this one of the best films I have seen, it was so absorbing the time flew by. Michael Gambon is superb and brilliantly shows all the frustrations that ... read more »
  
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  - Feltham
  - 04 Mar 2009 at 15:53
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  Longitude
  
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  A film about persistance and the bumbling bureacracy . I thoroughly enjoyed this film and was completely in the dark about the importance to early sailors of ... read more »
  
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  - Lytham St. Annes
  - 15 Jan 2009 at 19:14
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  Brilliant piece of history
  
  Michael Gambon is marvellous as John Harrison and to see his frustration as he tries to prove that his invention is just what is needed is amazing.
  
  ... read more »
  
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  - Neville Kelley
  - Abergele, North Wales
  - 13 Jan 2005 at 19:43
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  spectacular!
  
  A sad but spectacular depiction of one of the most astonishing discoveries of time.
  
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  - england
  - 25 Jan 2005 at 23:13
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  An excellent and ...
  
  An excellent and entertaining account of one of the most important pieces of technological innovation. The acting is superb and the human story of John ... read more »
  
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  - KINGS LYNN
  - 26 Jun 2004 at 09:41
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  A yelp of glee
  
  Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons - you can't really go wrong, can you? As the cast list suggests, the film is an absolute peach, and manages to tell a ... read more »
  
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- - rcoldbreath
  - 21 reviews
  - London
  - 13 Dec 2004 at 14:28
- - 5
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  Wonderful
  
  An excellent drama - brilliant casting, acting, writing, direction and a story that really draws you in. Superb.
  
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  - Wales
  - 26 Feb 2005 at 12:14
- - 5
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  Fascinating, Factual, and Fraught
  
  Every now and then, subject material surfaces that proves the claim that "Fact is stranger than fiction" Here is such a subject; the bonus is that ... read more »
  
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- - wolfie
  - Berkshire
  - 22 Jan 2004 at 14:35
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  Wonderful slice of history
  
  This is a gripping story carried by two of England's finest actors.
  
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  - UK
  - 06 Oct 2005 at 10:01
- - 4
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  excellent and informative
  
  A dramatisation of Dava Sobel's book of the same name. This stars M Gambon as Harrison the creator of the first accurate marine chronometer, which was ... read more »
  
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- - dave clarke
  - London, Englan
  - 05 Jan 2007 at 20:56
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  excellent
  
  superb true story
  
  wonderful british cast
  
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- 251929
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  - London
  - 06 Jun 2006 at 10:50
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  Gripping
  
  brilliant production and acting .... and the buffoons of the board of longitude are with us today .........
  
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- - Hilary Reed
  - MArlow
  - 16 Sep 2006 at 20:36

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  In LONGITUDE, an 18th-century clock maker named Jon Harrison (Michael Gambon) begins what is to become a 40-year task to invent a system for determining longitude at sea with a nautical timepiece. Meanwhile, 200 years in the future, naval officer Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) discovers Harrison's ...