As both parties began to establish their generators around the country, AC began to spread quickly since it was able to reach more people. 620 S Dahlia Circle M103, Denver, CO 80246 | 720.476.4920. [8] Sacha Baron Cohen was also briefly linked to the role of Edison. However this score was replaced entirely in 2019 for Gomez-Rejon's director's cut by a new score written by composer duo Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans[21] with additional music by Chase Deso[22]. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. You don't actually believe that a few accidents will rule out the liability of his 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 as Marguerite Erskine, Tom Holland as Samuel Insull, Tuppence Middleton as Mary Stilwell Edison, Matthew Macfadyen as J.P. Morgan, Conor MacNeill as William Kemmler and Damien Molony as Bourke Cockran. Beyond building miracles out of thin air, I was most impressed by your principles! The unique design of my invention is that of a glass vacuum tube which houses inside a thin cotton thread filament, the two lower ends of which secure respective posts, forming an arch shape. Apple versus Microsoft is one such example, paving the way for computing as we know it today. The two years that have since elapsed have not been especially kind to the film, and certainly haven’t made it any more current. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Current War is powered by an outstanding cast and an intriguing, history-inspired story, which makes this drama's low wattage all the more shocking. Twitter: @yaboii_shanoo. Following the generally unfavorable reception towards the film, director Gomez-Rejon, who had voiced the film was not ready to be seen, began working on trimming the runtime for the planned November 2017 theatrical release. Benedict Cumberbatch Electrifies as Thomas Edison in ‘The Current War’ Trailer. Samuel Insull [34], The Current War grossed $6 million in the United States and Canada, and $6.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $12.3 million, against a production budget of $30 million. Benedict Cumberbatch: I guess the regrets or the understanding of what he’d sacrificed with his family, how hard he worked and what cost that had on the intimacy that he had, and lacked, with his family. Edison suggests that AC is dangerous and engages in a publicity war, while Westinghouse stands behind the technical merits of AC. Technical Specs. It’s not all just good natured thigh slapping. Edison and Westinghouse compete to get cities across the United States to use their system. Ultimately, the film sheds light on a fascinating episode in American history; it falls short, however, of being really electric. Competition breeds innovation. He was very fond of his men, he treated them honestly and truthfully and, at times, harshly, but there was a lot of celebratory machismo and backslapping, and it was a proper communal work environment in Menlo Park. And again and again. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. Samuel Insull presents the bid on behalf of Edison, and Westinghouse presents his competing bid. Igniting a war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. But even the end-credits factoids shrug this off as a virtually meaningless flashpoint: by this stage in electricity’s rapid development, such a name-branding opportunity was really neither here nor there. [25] It was pulled from release following the sexual abuse allegations that arose against Harvey Weinstein, then co-head of the company. [24] It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2017. I researched into specifics to do with his deafness, to do with the electric current and its distribution. The great eureka moment of Edison’s career – when he got a carbon filament to produce 13 hours of incandescent light in 1879, after thousands of attempts – is for no good reason only described, not shown. https://movieweb.com/current-war-movie-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch Blood River' Rounds Out Cast; Katia Winter Stars In 'Unwanted, "Current War Begins Filming with Benedict Cumberbatch", "Benedict Cumberbatch movie The Current War begins filming in North East", "Pavilion Gardens closed for filming of new Benedict Cumberbatch movie- with llama and zebra", "Kent Film Office Our Current War article", http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/07/13/dustin-ohalloran-hauschka-to-score-alfonso-gomez-rejons-the-current-war/, https://filmmusicreporter.com/2019/06/17/danny-bensi-saunder-jurriaans-scoring-alfonso-gomez-rejons-the-current-war/, https://soundcloud.com/cdeso/sets/the-current-war-directors-cut, "Toronto: Jennifer Lawrence's 'Mother!,' George Clooney's 'Suburbicon' Among 2017 Festival Lineup", "Weinstein Co. Pulls Benedict Cumberbatch Movie 'The Current War' Off Thanksgiving Schedule", "Harvey Weinstein Lawyers Up for Bombshell New York Times, New Yorker Stories", "Benedict Cumb.erbatch's 'The Current War' to Get International Release", "Sparked By A Martin Scorsese Contract Clause, 'The Current War' Gets Second Life & Wide Release Commitment From 101 Studios", "When is The Current War released in cinemas? It is 1880 and Thomas Edison has unveiled his electric lightbulb. Both face significant financial risk. : Odd problems of focus, sadly, remain. [36], On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the version of the film screened at Toronto International Film Festival has an approval rating of 31% based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 4.80/10. It was tempting, had some aspects that I had never played before. The film's score was originally written by the composer duo of Dustin O’Halloran & Volker Bertelmann (Hauschka)[20] for the cut that was shown at TIFF in 2017. "[40], Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, "This [is] a watchably stylised period film, with interesting visual setpieces and faces looming up at us out of intricately contrived backgrounds." Edison had a discovery, Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla improved upon it, and now a power that was once considered godly can be controlled by flipping a switch. Eternally current, too, is Gomez-Rejon’s interest in the destruction that inevitably comes with progress — the question of whose system will power the first electric chair plays out as a dark counterpoint to the World’s Fair — as well as his attention to the significance of how stories are told (and history is written), illustrated through Edison’s savvy manipulation of the press. It’s the accidental teamwork of these men – more than their competitive skulduggery – which truly made waves. I still think that he operated on a very different plane from the other scientists I’ve portrayed, and Turing in particular. The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world. © Copyright 2020 Meredith Corporation. I think there have been rivalries in all areas in industry. That was a wonderful insight…. That work always came first. It’s an amazing story of three men, three titans of invention. The following month, Tuppence Middleton[14] and Matthew Macfadyen were cast. The soundtrack for the director's cut also includes two movements from Max Richter's Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons. Director Gomez-Rejon said since the Toronto premiere he had added five additional scenes and trimmed ten minutes from the runtime. Co-produced by Harvey Weinstein and originally to be distributed by The Weinstein Company, the film was shelved and sold in November 2017 following the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations. And I think Edison would not be a competent long distance runner. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2017. Wouldn't it, Tom? I'm working on something now, something so new that people will forget I was ever associated with electricity. He concluded that the film "is illuminating – but perhaps not quite as much as it could have been. Cumberbatch’s talent for giving the impression that his brain’s moving a little faster than everyone else’s suits his new subject perfectly — if only the movie moved with the same thrilling momentum.