Directed by:
Alfonso Gomez-RejonScreenplay:
Michael MitnickCinematography:
Chung-hoon ChungCast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston, Stanley Townsend, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen (more)VOD (1)
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Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, The Current War is the story of the rivalry between the greatest inventors of the industrial age over whose electrical system would power the new century. Backed by J.P. Morgan, Edison dazzles the world by lighting Manhattan. But Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, has seen fatal flaws in Edison’s direct current design. Igniting the infamous war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current. (Roadshow Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
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Michael Shannon
USA
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Nicholas Hoult
UK
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Tom Holland
UK
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Katherine Waterston
UK
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Stanley Townsend
Ireland
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Tuppence Middleton
UK
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Matthew Macfadyen
UK
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Damien Molony
Ireland
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Nigel Whitmey
Canada
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Celyn Jones
UK
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Tom Sweet
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Corey Johnson
USA
Best movies:
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Craig Roberts
UK
Best movies:
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Harry Melling
UK
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Conor MacNeill
UK
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Iain McKee
UK
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Kevin Millington
Best movies:
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The Current War (2017)
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Tom Bell
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Louis Ashbourne Serkis
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