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The Current War( 2018)

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Power changes everything

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Benedict Cumberbatch

      Thomas Edison

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      Michael Shannon

      George Westinghouse

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      Nicholas Hoult

      Nikola Tesla

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      Katherine Waterston

      Marguerite Westinghouse

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      Tom Holland

      Samuel Insull

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      Matthew Macfadyen

      J.P. Morgan

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      Tuppence Middleton

      Mary Edison

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      Stanley Townsend

      Franklin Pope

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      Damien Molony

      Bourke Cockran

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      Conor MacNeill

      William Kemmler

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      Celyn Jones

      Sherman Quincy

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      Craig Roberts

      Robert Lane

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      Harry Melling

      Benjamin Vale

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      Colin Stinton

      Daniel Burnham

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      Oliver Powell

      Leo

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      John Schwab

      Rudolph Young

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      Abigail Johns

      Emily Faulk

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      Tom Bell

      Reverend Vincent

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      Tom Sweet

      Boy

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      Iain McKee

      Reporter

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      Jason Matthewson

      Stock Broker

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      Woody Norman

      Dash Edison

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      Louis Ashbourne Serkis

      Older Dash

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      Faye Ormston

      Party Guest

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      Phil Hodges

      City Gent

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      Ekow Quartey

      Journalist 1

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      Adam Lazarus

      Wabco Worker

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      Simon Connolly

      Sioux City

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      Joseph Balderrama

      Horace Kaden

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      Steven I. Dillard

      NYSE member

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      Martyn Mayger

      Lawyer

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      Toby Williams

      Fort Worth Investment Banker

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      Tim Steed

      Maurice Manesburg

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      Christopher McMullen

      New York Stockbroker

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      Jeremy Oliver

      Mr. Westinghouse's Secretary

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      Liza Ross

      Beti

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      Steve Carroll

      Cinema Goer

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      James Chalmers

      South Dakota Delegate

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      Nancy Crane

      Gladys

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      Will Irvine

      Reporter 1

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      Adam Pearce

      New Orleans Investment Banker

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      Sophia Ally

      Dotty Edison

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      Kevin Millington

      Henry Walsh

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      Ben Mars

      Francis Upton

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      Greg Haiste

      South Dakota Delegate

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      Katy Poulter

      Hannah

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      Jed Aukin

      Westinghouse Secretary

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      John Kinory

      Scientist

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      Michael Yates

      Stock Enchange Gent

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      Andy Cockell

      City Gent

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      Giacomo Joshua Brunelli

      WABCO Worker

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      Nigel Wilcock

      J.P. Morgan Lawyer

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      Jay William Whittington Barrette

      Wabco Worker

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      Thor Janke

      Policeman

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      Andrew Okello

      Footman

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      David Morley Hale

      Frederick Worthington

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      Pamela Betsy Cooper

      Hotel Guest (uncredited)

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      Simon Manyonda

      Lewis Latimer

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      John Pierce Jones

      President Glover Cleveland

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      Nigel Whitmey

      Doctor Grandoff

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      Benjamin Schnau

      George Westinghouse's Secretary (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 3Discussion

    A review by Stephen Campbell

    7
    Written by Stephen Campbell on Fri Sep 27 2019
    _**Well acted and reasonably engaging, although there's a significant disconnect between form and content**_ >_The electric-lighting company with which I am connected purchased some time ago the patents for a complete alternating system, and my protest against this action can be found upon its minute-book. Up to the present time I have succeeded in inducing them not to offer this system to the public, nor will they ever do so with my consent. My personal desire would be to prohibit entirely the use of alternating currents. They are as unnecessary as they are dangerous._ - Thomas Edison; "...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    30000000.00

    Revenue

    12217160.00

    Keywords

    • biography
    • 19th century