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    The Current War

    PG-132019 · Historical drama · 1h 47m

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  1. 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").

  2. Oct 25, 2019 · The Current War: Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Sophia Ally, Tuppence Middleton. The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

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    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
    • 2019-10-25
  3. Oct 25, 2019 · A historical drama about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over the future of electricity. The film features Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, and Nicholas Hoult as the inventors, and is rated 3/5 by critics.

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    • Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
    • PG-13
    • Benedict Cumberbatch
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  4. View All (56) Critics Reviews. Pat Brown Slant Magazine The film falls back on the myth of modernity being born in the laps of practical, native-born American ingenuity. Rated: 1.5/4 Sep 29, 2019...

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    • Benedict Cumberbatch
    • Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
    • Drama
  5. Oct 25, 2019 · A historical drama about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over the invention of electric power. The film suffers from a dull script, superficial characters and a rushed pace, despite the star power of Cumberbatch, Shannon and Hoult.

  6. Thomas Edison dazzles the world. But George Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, has seen fatal flaws in Edison’s direct current design. Igniting the infamous war of currents, they bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current. 8,483 IMDb 6.5 1 h 41 min 2019. X-Ray PG-13.

  7. Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology.

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