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Genre	Drama
Format	NTSC, Subtitled
Contributor	Basil Iwanyk, Michael Mitnick, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Fisher, Timur Bekmambetov See more
Initial release date	2020-03-31
Language	English

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The Current War: The Director's Cut is the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his new DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), who believes he and his partner, Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.39:1
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ D43211098D
Director ‏ : ‎ Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Subtitled
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 43 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ March 31, 2020
Actors ‏ : ‎ Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, French
Producers ‏ : ‎ Timur Bekmambetov, Basil Iwanyk
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0833VRPDP
Writers ‏ : ‎ Michael Mitnick
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Pretty accurate and fun to watch

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2023

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This movie was pretty spot on for historical accuracy. I had to learn about the Current War for a class and this movie helped me understand it much better.

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Interesting production

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2020

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I find it surprising that there has never been a big-budget Hollywood film about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. These two inventors were responsible for creating many of the modern conveniences we take for granted today. The filmmakers have tried to tell the whole complex story in two hours. The film runs at a brisk pace, which include elaborate camera angles and montage scenes. It is a big bold movie that sometimes seems to leave many of the characters in the background.

The character of Thomas Edison is given the most attention, and it the most multi-layered character in the film. He professes to be concerned about human exploitation, but to prove Westington AC as dangerous, he negotiates to use it to execute a criminal. This he hopes will prove it dangerous to humans. Westinghouse also resorts to nefarious methods to discredit Edison. Nikola Tesla does not enter the film until later on. He is shown briefly as a dissatisfied employee of Edison’s. Later he works with Westinghouse to prove the validity of AC generated power. Eventually, Westinghouse and Tesla win the nation over at the Chicago world’s fair lighting exhibition.
One of the criticisms I have heard about Current Wars is that the characters and storyline are underdeveloped. I think this is not entirely fair because the frantic camera work and visual sometimes overwhelm the characters. The film seems to be more interested in the technology. It is not surprising then the recreation of the Edison and Westinghouse facility is impeccable. The recreation of the Chicago world’s fair is nearly perfect.

Throughout the film, the director has used just about every camera angle and lens filter available. This cinematic approach gives the film a larger than life feel, which makes sense since the characters in the film are also larger than life.

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Super intriguing but c'mon it's Scorcese so duh it's brilliant!

Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2023

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What a great biopic piece of American and global technological history. Wonderful acting, settings, storyline, personage incorporation true to the 'current war' at large, personage representation (Edison really was a piece of work and Westinghouse really was generous and human), filming styles, etc. I will surely watch this one again.

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James P.

It was okay

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020

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First let me start by saying I’m not one of those movie reviewers that that give the slightest darn about who directed it and what lighting techniques were used in the filming. In fact I despise most actors and actresses for their complete detachment from the rest of society as a whole. Having said that, that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate their individual skills at portraying a role and entertaining me for the length of the movie. I don’t bother learning their names or keeping up with who is married to whom or any crap like that. I simply pay my price of admission...or in this case rental and want to be entertained. This movie actually has a very good story line and could have been a much better movie than it was. It mildly entertained me and my beautiful bride for a while and then I fell asleep at some point. To be honest, I’m might not be completely the movie’s fault. I am a South Texas rancher and I’m pretty tired when I get home and get my belly full of supper. Whoever, I’ve watched other movies in the same condition that kept my attention and kept me awake. I did finish it the next night, and still stuck with my original thought on the movie...it was okay.

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Patent Attorney approved!!

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2023

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As a patent attorney, I know this story well. Yet, I learned a great deal. Very interesting and well acted.

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DanC

This is a great flick.... 6 stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2021

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All movies should entertain you and this certainly meets that criteria easily. It also goes a step further and gives you a look at a piece of history that I for one never was never taught about in school. I can't say if it's 100% accurate since most movies that are not specific documentaries have a way of embellishing the facts but it's very interesting and believable that this is how things probably went down with the birth of today's power grid. The story line and the acting make this a movie worth watching more than once.

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Interesting movie based on a true story

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2020

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I enjoyed these performances and I enjoyed the story-line too. I was kind of hoping they would include the information about the lightbulb that is still burning in a fire station in california....but that wasn't included at all. This story instead, revolves around the Chicago World's Fair.

If you are looking for an interesting movie though, check this one out. The actors all do a wonderful job and there were a few tidbits of information I knew nothing about, it's also suitable for a family....no real language to have to worry about.

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M. S. Zimmerman

Viewing Documentaries is Beforehand Required (To Really Enjoy it)

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2020

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To know the history of human electrification, modern civilization, the last 300 years, is a great personal experience, on Youtube, or books, from the Enlightenment, to the Internet, on 5G. That's the story so far. This is a fun digression, a movie made about a few of the events and the personalities, a very few of some the people & pivotal events. Especially if you like American History in particular. I hope for movie about earlier and later people and pivotal moment of the story. But, if you don't know (much) about the famous personages portrayed, if you aren't interested in history, I would not recommend this as a great movie. If you do, and you are, I'd give it 5 Stars rec.

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Rocío

The Current War

Reviewed in Mexico on November 26, 2021

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Muy buena película con excelente elenco.

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Randall Moir

Tom Holland is in this movie!!

Reviewed in Canada on February 10, 2021

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I love it when I'm entertained and educated at the same time. This was one of the more interesting historical dramas I've watched in some time.

Glen Runciter

Not the Director's Cut?

Reviewed in Germany on September 16, 2021

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This cut is 6 minutes longer than the cut on the german blu-ray by Leonine (called „Edison - Ein Leben voller Licht“). Which implies that this british disc presents the cut that was shown at festivals. The director's cut is shorter, so I guess that the german disc presents the version Gomez-Rejon prefers.

In comparison the picture on the british disc is way brighter, way too bright in my opinion. No more blacks, just greys.

If you're interested in the director's cut: the disc by Leonine comes with german AND english sound (but no english subtitles, just german ones).

Good film by the way, much better than I thought it would be.

cynthia

Smooth transaction

Reviewed in Canada on June 2, 2021

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Brand new, arrived when scheduled, and cost effective.

Ronald Ostrowski

Important for Polish and British Relations

Reviewed in Australia on June 10, 2020

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This movie highlights that the British establishment, and some individual Brits, did not treat their former Polish allies too nicely. That said I don't know if it was actually true that an English journalist was killed by the British Secret Service for trying to publish the Katyn Massacre story.

It is true that the Brits were very reluctant to accept Polish soldiers and their families after the war, and did not invite the Polish veterans to their Victory Parade for fear of upsetting Stalin. Ironically, Stalin did invite members of the First and Second Polish Armies which from 1943 fought alongside the Red Army all the way to Berlin and Dresden, to his Moscow Victory Parade. Even today relations are not that good between Poles and the Brits irrespective of what the leaders countries say.

As an Australian son of a late Polish WW11 veteran father, I believe movies like this one are important as to this day Poles felt very betrayed by their allies after the Yalta Agreement. It is also sad to hear that one reason for Brexit was a dislike of Polish people.

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