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Longitude | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Best Actor | 2001 | Michael
Best Drama Serial | 2001 | Charles
Best Original Television Music | 2001 | Geoffrey
Best Photography and Lighting FictionEntertainment | 2001 | Peter
Best Production Design | 2001 | Chris
Best MiniSeries | 2000
Best Single Drama | 2001
Best Visual Effects Graphic Design | 2001
Best Sound FictionEntertainment | 2001
Best Costume Design | 2001 | Shirley
Best Editing FictionEntertainment | 2001 | Peter
Best Make Up Hair Design | 2001 | Christine
To portray the aftermath of the shipwreck in the Isles of Scilly, dozens of extras had to lie in the cold surf, pretending to be dead, for over an hour.
Jeremy Irons' character, Rupert Gould, is only mentioned in one paragraph of Dava Sobel's book. When he was writing the screenplay, Director Charles Sturridge conceived the idea of telling Gould's story in parallel with Harrison's. This gave modern audiences a more sympathetic and relatable character to follow through the story.
Jonathan Betts, who was Curator of Horology at the Royal Observatory, served as a consultant to the production. He gave Writer and Director Charles Sturridge access to the notes and diaries of Rupert Gould, which helped flesh out the twentieth century portion of the story.
The shipboard scenes were shot aboard three different working ships, then edited to give the impression that it was all happening aboard a single vessel.
Jeremy Irons agreed to take the role of Rupert Gould in part because of his friendship with Charles Sturridge, who had directed him in Brideshead Revisted (1981). To prepare for the role he read Gould's diaries, and studied Harrison's clocks at the Royal Observatory.
"Sir Edmund Halley: Don't touch that, boy! William Harrison: I didn't, sir, honest, I was just looking. Sir Edmund Halley: Do you know what that is? William Harrison: To tell the movements of the stars. Sir Edmund Halley: How do you know that? William Harrison: It's my job at home. Sir Edmund Halley: You have one of these at home!? William Harrison: No, sir, we use Mr. Johnson next door's chimney. Sir Edmund Halley: And, pray, what is it that you learn from Mr. Johnson next door's chimney? William Harrison: The time. Sir Edmund Halley: How can you tell the time with a chimney? William Harrison: If you stand in the right place, you can see Sirius. Sir Edmund Halley: Sirius? William Harrison: It moves behind Mr. Johnso's chimney 3 minutes and 56 seconds earlier every day. We need the time for our timepiece, to tell if it's true. Sir Edmund Halley: And is it? William Harrison: It's bloody perfect, sir."
"Lieutenant John Campbell: I thought only of one thing: a piece of twisted brass spinning. There, look. Look at its little heart still beating. I thought to myself, this'll never happen again. There'll be a machine to tell us where we are. I swore that if I lived, I'd come and find you. John Harrison: John, when they were dying, who did your men curse for their misfortune? Lieutenant John Campbell: Their God, or their admiral; when you're a foot, there's little difference. John Harrison: And if they'd a clock, and the clock didn't work, and the men still died... who would they curse then? When you're young, you think everything's possible. But as you grow older, you discover that it isn't. Lieutenant John Campbell: Well then, don't grow older, Mr. Harrison."
