Movie
The Current War
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Overview
Power changes everything
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
Cast
Thomas Edison
George Westinghouse
Nikola Tesla
Marguerite Westinghouse
Samuel Insull
J.P. Morgan
Mary Edison
Franklin Pope
Bourke Cockran
William Kemmler
Trailer
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Reviews
_**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...
In another case of “when bad movies happen to great actors“, 'The Current War' has all the elements for a great picture including its exceptional cast, but lacks the base appeal for the people who have to buy a ticket. Sadly, this is a rare and unfortunate case of the sum of the...
This is a decent, if ponderous, piece of cinema entertainment featuring some A-list talent depicting an almost entirely fictional account of the battle to establish the standard of electrical current we all use today. Tesla is largely ignored (maybe Nicholas Hoult didn't have to...