Mary Anning and the Dinosaur Hunters
Mary Anning, fossiler of the 1800's Jurassic Coast strives for equality and recognition.
2024 · 2h 33m · N/A Drama
Overview
The film reveals the life, plight and loves of the eminent Mary Anning, an 1800's fossil hunter - navigating her career and research in a male dominated society at a time when women's research was largely unrecognised or plagiarised by men. Predominantly unknown despite her spectacular finds, including Icthyiousauri, a Pterodactyl and Plesiosaurus, and notwithstanding the fact that Darwins' 'Origin of Species' was largely influenced by her work. She is at last becoming the most celebrated paleontologist of all time.
Director and cast
- Sharon Sheehan as Mary Anning
- Jackie Howe as Mrs Molly Anning
- Anna Liddell as Jane Austen
- Tom Machell as Henry De La Beche
- Mark Fletcher as Mr Anning
- Jonathan Moore as Sir Richard Owen
- Stuart Boother as Shandor Loiza Tamas
- Richard Morrison as King of Saxony
- Paul Storrier as Rev. William Buckland
- Jenny Agutter as Miss Philpott
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