Benedict Cumberbatch
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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").
- $12.2 million
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- $30 million
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.
- (30K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- 2019-10-25
Oct 25, 2019 · A film about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over the electrical system of the 19th century. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult and Katherine Waterston, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.
- (108)
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- PG-13
- Benedict Cumberbatch
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
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. 8,475 IMDb 6.5 1 h 41 min 2019. X-Ray PG-13.
Oct 25, 2019 · A tedious and forgettable drama about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse for the electrical age, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult. The film has a different director's cut than the original version, which was shelved amid sexual abuse allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein.
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.
