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The Current War
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The Current War is a biographical drama film directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. The production involves producers Timur Bekmambetov and Basil Iwanyk, with companies including Bazelevs Company, Thunder Road Pictures, and Bazelevs. The cast features Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, and Katherine Waterston. The film was released in 2017, with additional distribution dates in 2019.
Set in the 1880s and 1890s, the narrative focuses on the War of Currents and the rivalry surrounding electricity invention. Characters include Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Nikola Tesla, and Samuel Insull. The story takes place in Menlo Park, New York City, the White House, and Pittsburgh. Music is composed by Hauschka and Dustin O'Halloran, with production design by Jan Roelfs.
The film has a runtime of 108 minutes or 102 minutes depending on the source. It was distributed by Lantern Entertainment via video on demand. The movie holds a review score of 32%, 4.9/10, and 55/100. It has a budget of 30,000,000 and generated revenue of 12,217,160. The original language is English.
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6.7Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Cast
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison
- Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse
- Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla
- Katherine Waterston as Marguerite Westinghouse
- Tom Holland as Samuel Insull
- Matthew Macfadyen as J.P. Morgan
Themes
- biography
- 19th century
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- George Westinghouse
- Director
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Cast member
- Corey Johnson
- Composer
- Dustin O'Halloran
- Producer
- Basil Iwanyk
- Production company
- Thunder Road Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Chung Chung-Hoon
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 506234
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2020-07-23
- title
- The Current War
- production designer
- Jan Roelfs
- Commons category
- The Current War
- distributed by
- Lantern Entertainment
- set in period
- World's Columbian Exposition
- social media followers
- 2013
- review score
- 55/100
- characters
- Chester A. Arthur
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