Title: The Current War
Original Title: The Current War
Year: 2017
Info
- Country: USA
- Length: 105 Minutes (1 hour 45 min)
- Budget: $20,000
- Genre: Biography Drama History
- Studios: The Weinstein Company
- Distributor: Flins & Piniculas
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: July 26 2019
- United States: October 25 2019
Plot
Historical drama directed by the American Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, director of the award-winning 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' and a large number of episodes of the American series 'American Horror Story' and 'Glee'.
'The Current War' is a biographical film based on the true story of the confrontation and subsequent competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse in the 1880s to create an electrical system in the United States, and thus be able to control the electricity market and commercialise it both throughout the country and abroad. Nikola Tesla also joined this conflict, which ultimately came to be known and referred to as the 'war of the currents', a historical rivalry to which we owe much of the contemporary electrical system.
This production will delve into the dark intricacies of a business competition that will test all the protagonists and decide the future not only of the United States, but of the electrical system of the entire world.
The film is written by Michael Mitnick, produced by Martin Scorsese and the main characters are portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch (Thomas Edison), Tom Holland (Samuel Insull), Michael Shannon (George Westinghouse), Nicholas Hoult (Nikola Tesla) and Katherine Waterston (Marguerite Westinghouse).
Cast
Director:
Thomas Edison
Samuel Insull
George Westinghouse
Nikola Tesla
Marguerite Westinghouse
Mary Edison
Videos
July 19 2019
Photos
Trivia
Co-workers
Nicholas Hoult, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland are actors in Marvel movies, but had never been in the same movie.
Almost there
Sienna Miller was one of the candidates for the leading role in the movie.
Like father like son
Louis Ashbourne Serkis, son of Andy Serkis, plays a small role in this film. However, he premiered in front of the camera as an extra with his father in 'The Hobbit'.
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