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The Current War
2018 · Film · 108 min
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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The current war is quite a good film about this
Recommend the film “The Current War” for those interested in an entertaining look at the history of AC vs DC and the characters involved. I found it balanced, and not really picking sides between Edison and Tesla, in terms of hagiographic treatment.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2140507/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
I'm excited for another Weinstein ensemble, but we'll have wait http://variety.com/2017/film/news/the-current-war-postponed-weinstein-company-1202590094/ :-)
I don't have high hopes for historical accuracy but i'm excited to see The Current War which puts some of these topics to film:https://youtu.be/wMECv6yLOFM