2018 · 1h 48m · Drama, History
The Current War
Directed byAlfonso Gomez-Rejon
TMDB
6.7
1.18K votes
Metacritic
55
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
32%
critics
Box office
$12.9M
0.4x its $30M budget
US release Oct 25, 2019 by Bazelevs Company and Thunder Road Pictures
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Critics (Metacritic)55
Audience (TMDB x 10)67
Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 12 points.
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Cast
- Benedict CumberbatchThomas Edison
- Michael ShannonGeorge Westinghouse
- Nicholas HoultNikola Tesla
- Katherine WaterstonMarguerite Westinghouse
- Tom HollandSamuel Insull
- Matthew MacfadyenJ.P. Morgan
- Tuppence MiddletonMary Edison
- Stanley TownsendFranklin Pope
- Damien MolonyBourke Cockran
- Conor MacNeillWilliam Kemmler
- Celyn JonesSherman Quincy
- Craig RobertsRobert Lane
Full cast (61)
- Harry MellingBenjamin Vale
- Colin StintonDaniel Burnham
- Oliver PowellLeo
- John SchwabRudolph Young
- Abigail JohnsEmily Faulk
- Tom BellReverend Vincent
- Tom SweetBoy
- Iain McKeeReporter
- Jason MatthewsonStock Broker
- Woody NormanDash Edison
- Louis Ashbourne SerkisOlder Dash
- Faye OrmstonParty Guest
- Phil HodgesCity Gent
- Ekow QuarteyJournalist 1
- Adam LazarusWabco Worker
- Simon ConnollySioux City
- Joseph BalderramaHorace Kaden
- Steven I. DillardNYSE member
- Martyn MaygerLawyer
- Toby WilliamsFort Worth Investment Banker
- Tim SteedMaurice Manesburg
- Christopher McMullenNew York Stockbroker
- Jeremy OliverMr. Westinghouse's Secretary
- Liza RossBeti
- Steve CarrollCinema Goer
- James ChalmersSouth Dakota Delegate
- Nancy CraneGladys
- Will IrvineReporter 1
- Adam PearceNew Orleans Investment Banker
- Sophia AllyDotty Edison
- Kevin MillingtonHenry Walsh
- Ben MarsFrancis Upton
- Greg HaisteSouth Dakota Delegate
- Katy PoulterHannah
- Jed AukinWestinghouse Secretary
- John KinoryScientist
- Michael YatesStock Enchange Gent
- Andy CockellCity Gent
- Giacomo Joshua BrunelliWABCO Worker
- Nigel WilcockJ.P. Morgan Lawyer
- Jay William Whittington BarretteWabco Worker
- Thor JankePoliceman
- Andrew OkelloFootman
- David Morley HaleFrederick Worthington
- Pamela Betsy CooperHotel Guest (uncredited)
- Simon ManyondaLewis Latimer
- John Pierce JonesPresident Glover Cleveland
- Nigel WhitmeyDoctor Grandoff
- Benjamin SchnauGeorge Westinghouse's Secretary (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
- Writer
- Michael Mitnick
- Cinematography
- Chung Chung-hoon
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