Morgan matthew macfadyen and samuel insull tom holland, edison. Edison, the iconic inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph and the moving picture and tesla, whose inventions have enabled modernday power and mass communication systems, waged a war of currents in the 1880s over whose electrical system would power the world. Nikola tesla vs thomas edison epic new documentary 2015 hd. Increasingly displeased by the greed of fellow inventor thomas edison kyle maclachlan, tesla forges his own virtuous but arduous path toward creating the innovative alternatecurrent motor. Today, there are few stronger, sexier brands than tesla. 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. When mac is put into a dream state to help him recall key evidence found in nikola tesla s secret lab that could stop codexs deadly plot, he encounters nikola tesla, alexander graham bell, thomas edison and his mother. Nikola tesla, i wonder, what tesla thought of thomas. Tesla s alternating current ac electricity distribution won the first round of the current wars, but more than a century later thomas edison. On one side was thomas edison s direct current dc system. This book will give a full account of tesla s life, drawing from multiple sources, including his own autobiography, which he published in.
He went on to assert that the current wars latest cut is the best version of the movie, and what he wanted to make in the first place. With lucas till, tristin mays, justin hires, meredith eaton. When russ decodes the secret code, which oversight left for mac. A new biopic on famed inventor nikola tesla is in the works with ethan hawke set to star in the lead role. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Thomas edison, george westinghouse and nikola tesla brilliant inventors and industrialists who battled in the early days of electricity to power humankind into the 20th century and beyond, a conflict committed to film in 2017s the current war. Edison is portrayed a bit of a victim in this movie, but it seems that he really was anything but that. Thomas edison, nikola tesla and the sad case of topsy. Benedict cumberbatch electrifies as thomas edison in the. Jonny wilkes examines the history behind the fight to distribute power for bbc history revealed. Beck even has a movie in production about edison that he hopes will expose the truth about this bad man. Nikola tesla and thomas edison are two giants of electrical engineering. Though tesla was larger than life, the popular legend about how and when he was born might be a little too cinematic to be true. Thomas edison benedict cumberbatch and george westinghouse michael shannon go to war in the new trailer for the historical drama, the current war.
He worked there for a year, impressing edison with his diligence and ingenuity. What starts as an earnest if lyrical profile of the man who invented elon musk soon explodes into something more appropriately postmodern when nikola tesla ethan hawke and thomas edison. But westinghouse, aided by nikola tesla, sees fatal flaws in edison s direct current design. However, the contributions of fellow inventor nikola tesla.
The current war, a film based on the true story of the race between thomas edison and nikola tesla to light up new york city, starring benedict cumberbatch, is coming to the big screen in 2019 after an unusual delay. Thomas edison and george westinghouse the greatest inventors of the industrial age engage in a battle of technology and ideas that will determine whose electrical system will power the new century. Topsy the elephant was a victim of her captors, not thomas. So after nikola tesla resigned from thomas edison s company, he hit a low and had to resort to digging ditches for practically nothing. The current war trailer 1 2017 benedict cumberbatch, tom holland biography movie hd official trailer. But, he was able to begin his attempts to share his new rotating magnetic field discovery, which edison had no interest in because he was using a direct current system. Nikola tesla and thomas edison wtf fun facts advertisements categories people tags edison, facts, nikola, tesla, thomas leave a comment post navigation. The two feuding geniuses waged a war of currents in the 1880s over whose electrical system would power the world tesla s alternatingcurrent ac system or edison s rival directcurrent dc electric power. The real history that inspired the movie the current war. Nikola tesla is a pop culture battle the current war, a new movie, and edison, a new biography, resurrect the battle between thomas edison and nikola tesla. Today, the rivalry between thomas edison and nikola tesla is well known. Benedict cumberbatch plays thomas edison in the new.
The famous edison is the man who plenty of advances in technology during the 19th century were attributed to, such as the camera and the light bulb. It points them in the direction of an old house, which they learn was a dwelling for nikola tesla and also the location where he was working on a secret weapon called sheba. While in a dreamstate mac has encounters with nikola tesla, alexander graham bell, thomas edison and his mother. Travis taylor and investigative journalist jason stapleton investigate the mysteries surrounding the life and work of nikola tesla, one of the most important and. What was the actual relationship between thomas edison and. Nikola tesla was a brilliant but eccentric genius, and thomas edison was the iconic innovator who designed the lightbulb. Many believe topsy was a victim of the socalled war of the currents, the battle between nikola tesla and thomas edison over alternating and direct current. Brilliant inventor nikola tesla arrives in the united states and begins working with edison, but is disappointed by edison s unwillingness to reconsider his ideas and to fulfill what tesla thought was a financial promise which edison passes off as just a joke. And judging by the trailer, tesla is much more socially well adjusted than he was in real life. In our day, tesla s achievements have come to overshadow those of his nemesis thomas edison.
The movie premiered at the toronto film festival in 2017 but was one of several completed films that found itself dropped from its original distributor, the weinstein company, in the wake of harvey weinsteins scandal in the fall of 2017. Tesla won the first battle if nikola tesla is known at all, its because he oneupped his former boss, thomas edison, early on in his career, as he perfected the system that. Each side touted their method as being more efficient and more importantly, safer than the others. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading nikola tesla and thomas edison. We meet nikola tesla nicholas hoult, underused, as is katherine waterston as westinghouses wife, marguerite, j. Benedict cumberbatch electrifies as thomas edison in the current war trailer. Rejon me and earl and the dying girl, the movie stars benedict cumberbatch as thomas edison, michael shannon as george westinghouse, katherine waterson as westinghouses wife, and nicholas hoult as nikola tesla. A life from beginning to end, the story goes that tesla entered the world in 1856, in what is now croatia, in the midst of a horrific lightning storm.
Tesla s ac would eventually win out in the years to come, but no matter. However, it has been rereleased recently in october 2019. What to know about the real epic rivalry between thomas edison, nikola tesla and george westinghouseand the invention of the electric chair. It does work to have the film break the 4th wall when anne morgan speaks to the camera. Morgan, edison dazzles the world by lighting manhattan. Hoults tesla seems peripheral, an afterthought, and the movie s fourth star tom holland, as edison s assistant, samuel insull gets his big scene too late for his character to. The mythologized feud between nikola tesla and thomas edison. Electricity battle between edison and tesla comes to life. How edison, tesla and westinghouse battled to electrify. Tesla arrived in new york in 1884 and was hired as an engineer at thomas edison s manhattan headquarters.
But the electricity between the two is no secret to the world. Westinghouse teams up with serbiaborn engineer nikola tesla nicholas hoult, whose alternating current ac is a cheaper, more efficient alternative to edison s direct current dc, which only. The biopic about nikola tesla starring ethan hawke as the inventor takes great liberties with history, and its a lot more fun this way. Yes, thats right, the electricity man was supposedly born during a. Glenn beck is making a movie about edison and tesla. It seems that whoever wrote the screen play or story didnt know enough about tesla to really portray him as the real victim he was, nor recognize edison s very underhanded way of. Most popular nikola tesla movies and tv shows refine see titles to. Reference to nikola tesla 2 reference to thomas edison 2 research 2 science 2 visionary 2 voice.