The Current War(Movie, 2017)

Name: The Current War
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2017
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3.4

PG-13

| 1h 45min | Genres: Drama, History

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 452 votes)

The Current War is a 2017 American historical drama film inspired by the 19th-century competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the United States (often referred to as the "war of the currents"). Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, written by Michael Mitnick, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Zaillian, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Edison, Michael Shannon as Westinghouse, Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla, and Tom Holland as Samuel Insull, alongside Katherine Waterston, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen and ()

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About The Current War

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

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Trailer for The Current War + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

THE CURRENT WAR - Director's Cut | The Story | 101 Studios(Teaser, 1:09)

Additional Information

Official websites:

www.currentwarmovie.com

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Menlo Park, New York City (NYC), White House, Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Buffalo, Chicago (Illinois)

Main subject: Thomas A. Edison (Person)

Made by: Bazelevs Production, Film Rites, Fourth Floor Productions, 101 Studios

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 30 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/25/2019 (World premiere: 02/01/2018)

Appearing Characters: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla, Samuel Insull, Lewis Howard Latimer, Franklin Leonard Pope, Mary Stilwell Edison, J. P. Morgan, William Kemmler, William Bourke Cockran, Thomas Alva Edison Jr., Chester A. Arthur

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen, Damien Molony, Conor MacNeill, Celyn Jones, Simon Manyonda, Stanley Townsend, John Schwab, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Corey Johnson

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Producer: Timur Bekmambetov, Basil Iwanyk

Screenwriter: Michael Mitnick

Film Editor: David Trachtenberg, Justin Krohn

Director of Photography: Chung Chung-Hoon

Composer: Hauschka, Dustin O'Halloran

Production Designer: Jan Roelfs

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Война на токовете"

"A BATALHA DAS CORRENTES"

"A Guerra das Correntes"

"电力大战"

"电流战争"

"Edison - Ein Leben voller Licht"

"La guerra de las corrientes"

"Feszültség"

"Una Guerra Brillante"

"Война токов"

"Akım Savaşı"

"The Current War: Director's Cut"

Keywords: biography, 19th century

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