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The Current War (2017)

PG-13 | | Biography, Drama, History | 4 October 2019 (USA)
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The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

Director:

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Writer:

Michael Mitnick

Stars:

Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tuppence Middleton | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Credited cast:
Tom Holland ... Samuel Insull
Benedict Cumberbatch ... Thomas Edison
Tuppence Middleton ... Mary Edison
Michael Shannon ... George Westinghouse
Nicholas Hoult ... Nikola Tesla
Katherine Waterston ... Marguerite Westinghouse
Matthew Macfadyen ... J.P. Morgan
Craig Conway ... Warden Durston
Damien Molony ... Bourke Cockran
Louis Ashbourne Serkis ... Older Dash
Simon Kunz ... Womack
John Schwab ... Rudolph Young
Amy Marston ... Annabelle Worthington
Celyn Jones ... Sherman Quincy
Colin Stinton ... Daniel Burnham
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Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, THE CURRENT WAR is the epic story of the cutthroat competition between the greatest inventors of the industrial age over whose electrical system would power the new century. Backed by J.P. Morgan, Edison dazzles the world by lighting Manhattan. But Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, has seen fatal flaws in Edison's direct current design. Igniting a war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and written by playwright Michael Mitnick (Sex Lives of our Parents), THE CURRENT WAR also stars Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, and Tuppence Middleton.

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Rated PG-13 for some disturbing/violent images, and thematic elements | See all certifications »

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Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 2019 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Una guerra brillante See more »

Filming Locations:

Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, UK See more »

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Bazelevs Production, Film Rites, FlightAV.com See more »
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Trivia

Louis Ashbourne Serkis, who has a small role in this film, is the son of Andy Serkis, who played Tesla's assistant in The Prestige. See more »

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Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Benedict Cumberbatch/Savannah Guthrie/Andy Grammer feat. Lunchmoney Lewis (2017) See more »

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Q: If this is a 2017 show, why do we have to wait until October to see it?This is one I cannot wait to see, the story fascinates me.
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Inaccurate story, not linear facts
18 July 2019 | by ikgoumas – See all my reviews

The movie is actually slow, with a sad music, giving inacurate profiles about the personalities of Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla. Tesla should be the real hero of the movie, as it happened in reality. The other characters where: Edison, yes a quite original mind but not a genious, being a slave to his need for fame. Westinghouse, JP Morgan : businessman. Tesla: the one that changed the world and died broke in an appartment.
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