42 %
33 % Rotten
$ 1 Million

The Current War is a 2017 English-language Biography Drama film written by Michael Mitnick and directed by Alfonso Gomez-rejon and produced by Basil Iwanyk, Harvey Weinstein and Timur Bekmambetov under the banner of Bazelevs Company in collaboration with Film Rites and Thunder Road Pictures. The current war features Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen and Nicholas Hoult. The music was composed by Saunder Jurriaans along with Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'halloran. Cinematography was done by Chung Chung-hoon and editing by David Trachtenberg and Justin Krohn. The motion picture has a running time of 107 minutes. It was released on 17th October 2019. The Current War was made on a budget of $30 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by 101 Studios. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, THE CURRENT WAR is the epic story of the cutthroat competition 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 n fatal flaws in Edison's direct current design. Igniting a war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current. Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) and written by playwright Michael Mitnick (Sex Lives of our Parents), THE CURRENT WAR also stars Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, and Tuppence Middleton.

Certificate U (INDIA)
Release Date 17 OCT 2019
Run Time 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES
Budget $ 30 MILLION
Language

English, Spanish

Genre

Biography , Drama , History

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CAST & CREW
  • Alfonso Gomez Rejon
    ( Director )

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