The current war is a 2017 american historical drama film inspired by the 19th century competition between thomas edison. Official the current war movie trailer 2019 subscribe. Benedict cumberbatch is thomas edison, michael shannon is george westinghouse, and nicholas hoult is nikola tesla in the current war. The current war 2017 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. During their bitter dispute, dubbed the war of the currents, edison championed the directcurrent system, in which electrical current flows steadily in one direction, while tesla and westinghouse. Benedict cumberbatchs thomas edison film the current war finally gets new release date this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. The film shows the competing styles and influences of edison and tesla. 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. The current war, a film based on the true story of the race between thomas edison and nikola tesla to light up new york city, starring. Electricity battle between edison and tesla comes to life in new film. Benedict cumberbatch stars in the film as thomas edison, the famed inventor whos ready to quite literally light up manhattan using his dc technology. Benedict cumberbatchs thomas edison film the current war. The movie the current war recreates the battle of technology and ideas that would determine whether thomas edison s or george westinghouses electrical system would.
The current war vs the true story of edison, westinghouse. The threeway rivalry between the inventors is the premise of the current war a movie that has its own dramatic back story, starring benedict cumberbatch as edison, nicholas hoult as tesla and. Im nikola by the way thomas edison oh, were using our. Edison fiercely guards his patents and sues westinghouse. Today, there are few stronger, sexier brands than tesla. Benedict cumberbatch is thomas edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing.
American genius edison vs tesla tv episode 2015 imdb. What to know about the real epic rivalry between thomas edison, nikola tesla and george westinghouseand the invention of the electric. Benedict cumberbatch is thomas edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of. Electricity battle between edison and tesla comes to life. Edison, yes a quite original mind but not a genious, being a slave to his need for fame. The movie flirts with, but doesnt go into tesla s story nearly enough, as the spotlight remains squarely on the edison vs westinghouse rivalry. Smart news keeping you current topsy the elephant was a victim of her captors, not thomas edison many believe edison killed topsy to prove a point, but some historians argue otherwise. Edison won the war despite losing the battle of the currents, thomas edison has been credited with many important inventions, including. Tesla should be the real hero of the movie, as it happened in reality. The current war trailer 1 2017 benedict cumberbatch, tom holland biography movie hd official trailer. Edison suggests that ac is dangerous and engages in a publicity war, while westinghouse stands behind the technical merits of ac. The film originally premiered at numerous festival and was then shelved for 2. Westinghouses company soon gets a leg up on edison as more american cities start implementing tesla s technology, culminating in a climactic. Edison and teslas current war ushered in the electric age.
Edison and tesla s cutthroat current war ushered in the electric age. Two years ago at the toronto international film festival, a movie about thomas edison, george westinghouse, nikola tesla and, for a climax, the. The real story behind the current war, about edison. Hoults tesla seems peripheral, an afterthought, and the movie s fourth star tom holland, as edison s assistant, samuel insull gets his big scene too late for his character to. Nikola tesla was a brilliant but eccentric genius, and thomas edison was the iconic innovator who designed the lightbulb. This includes meeting briefly in a courtroom and again at a pavilion at the worlds fair. The real history that inspired the movie the current war.
The film, which follows the race to bring electricity to american cities, stars. Interview with writer michael mitnick the current war at history vs. Nikola tesla is a pop culture battle the current war, a new movie, and edison, a new biography, resurrect the battle between thomas edison and nikola tesla. How edison, tesla and westinghouse battled to electrify. But tesla, backed by westinghouse, has seen fatal flaws in edison s direct current design. Brilliant inventor nikola tesla arrives in the united states and begins working with edison, but is disappointed by edisons. In our day, tesla s achievements have come to overshadow those of his nemesis thomas edison. The real history that inspired the movie the current war time. With eric rolland, anthony misiano, gary ayash, radford baker. Two famous personalities edison and tesla fight it out for providing the world with electric power, with the way they think is the future. The current war movie depicts two fleeting encounters between edison benedict cumberbatch and westinghouse michael shannon and one conversation.
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