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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 seen fatal flaws in Edison’s direct current design. Igniting a war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current
Original Release
02/01/2018
US Release
10/25/2019
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Thomas Edison / Thomas Alva Edison |
| Oliver Powell | Leo |
| Sophia Ally | Dotty Edison / Dot (Younger) |
| Tuppence Middleton | Mary Edison |
| Woody Norman | Dash Edison / Dash (Younger) |
| Tom Holland | Samuel Insull |
| Matthew MacFadyen | J.P. Morgan |
| Dominic Coleman | White House Butler |
| Corey Johnson | President Chester A. Arthur |
| Katherine Waterston | Marguerite Westinghouse |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Thomas Edison / Thomas Alva Edison |
| Oliver Powell | Leo |
| Sophia Ally | Dotty Edison / Dot (Younger) |
| Tuppence Middleton | Mary Edison |
| Woody Norman | Dash Edison / Dash (Younger) |
| Tom Holland | Samuel Insull |
| Matthew MacFadyen | J.P. Morgan |
| Dominic Coleman | White House Butler |
| Corey Johnson | President Chester A. Arthur |
| Katherine Waterston | Marguerite Westinghouse |
| Michael Shannon | George Westinghouse |
| Stanley Townsend | Franklin Pope |
| Nicholas Hoult | Nikola Tesla |
| Emma Davies | Female Reporter |
| Nigel Whitmey | Doctor Grandoff |
| Simon Manyonda | Lewis Latimer |
| Celyn Jones | Sherman Quincy |
| Iain McKee | Reporter |
| Ekow Quartey | Journalist 1 / Reporter |
| Will Irvine | Reporter 1 / Reporter |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Benedict Cumberbatch | Executive Producer |
| Adam Ackland | Executive Producer |
| Garrett Basch | Executive Producer |
| David Glasser | Executive Producer |
| David Hutkin | Executive Producer |
| Michael Mitnick | Executive Producer |
| Ann Ruark | Executive Producer |
| Martin Scorsese | Executive Producer |
| Adam Sidman | Executive Producer |
| Michele Wolkoff | Executive Producer |
| Bob Yari | Executive Producer |
| Steven Zaillian | Executive Producer |
| Timur Bekmambetov | Producer |
| Basil Iwanyk | Producer |
| Matthew Patnick | Producer |
| Jayne Sullivan | Producer |
Editors
Trailers
The Current War (International Trailer 1)
The Current War (Canada Trailer 1)
Clips
The Current War: Director's Cut: What A Roaring Silence
The Current War: Director's Cut: Only Because You Said It Will
The Current War: Director's Cut: Misfortune Does Not Trump Progress
The Current War: Director's Cut: Mary Talk
The Current War: Director's Cut: I Didn't Take Your Ideas
The Current War: Director's Cut: Did I Mention That His System's Lethal
The Current War: Director's Cut: At The End Of The Day I Had Two Dollars
Behind the Scenes
The Current War: Director's Cut: Tuppence Middleton On The Modern Elements Of Mary's Character
The Current War: Director's Cut: Matthew Macfadyen On J.P. Morgan
The Current War: Director's Cut: Benedict Cumberbatch On Thomas Edison
