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The Current War
Synopsis
THE CURRENT WAR tells the story of two powerful moguls battling over the supply of electricity in the late 1880s. Edison is on the verge of creating a marketable and sustainable electricity system for the first time in history, when Westinghouse notices a grand weakness in Edison's design and ignites a war of currents between these two rivals.
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  • Director:
    Alfonso Gomez-Rejon,
  • Writer:
    Michael Mitnick,
  • Producer:
    Basil Iwanyk, Timur Bekmambetov, Harvey Weinstein,
  • Cinematographer:
    Jeong Jeong-hun,
  • Editor:
    Justin Krohn, David Trachtenberg,
  • Executive Producer:
    Martin Scorsese, Michael Mitnick, Bob Weinstein, Garrett Basch, Adam Ackland, Steven Zaillian,
  • Cast:
    Katherine Waterston, Nicholas Hoult, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Tom Holland, Michael Shannon,
  • Assistant Editor:
    Eddie Mikasa, Zared Shai,
  • First Assistant Director:
    Alex Oakley,
  • Second Second Assistant Director:
    Nick Laurence,
  • Third Assistant Director:
    Mary Boulding,
  • Line Producer:
    Matthew Patnick,
  • Supervising Sound Editor:
    Oliver Tarney,
  • Script Supervisor:
    Jean-Paul Chreky,
  • ADR Mixer:
    Nick Baldock, Andy Welker, Nick Roberts, Simon Diggins,
  • Art Department Coordinator:
    Katherine Pearl,
  • Assistant Production Coordinator:
    Vicki Smith,
  • Construction Coordinator:
    Lucy Moles,
  • Production Coordinator:
    Mariana Marsh, Jordan Moldo,
  • Production Sound Mixer:
    Chris Munro,
  • Property Master:
    Arthur Wicks,
  • Set Dresser:
    Alan Crozier, James Ellis Deakins,
  • Sound Effects Editor:
    Daniel Brennan,
  • 3D Modeller:
    Marta Padilla,
  • Hair Designer:
    Sharon Martin,
  • Art Department Assistant:
    Lucy Williams, Ryan Paul McCarthy, Lucy Williams,
  • Costume Assistant:
    Heidi McQueen-Prentice, Ruth Metcalf, Charles Gillies, Jessica Ingram, Maria Smith, Yannick Gondran, Lee Kenny, Marvyn Marques,
  • Assistant Location Manager:
    Matt Mirrington, Ross Monaghan, Anne Mouli Castillo, Mark Valentine, Adriene Whitwell,
  • Special Effects Technician:
    Gergely Glovotz, Declan O'Donnell, John Duffy,
  • Assistant Property Master:
    Mark McIntyre,
  • Location Scout:
    Matthew Winter, Michael Grisewood, Adriene Whitwell, Matthew Winter, Philip Lobban, Adriene Whitwell,
  • Transportation Captain:
    Dean Moran,
  • Post Production Coordinator:
    B.J. Thomas Jr., Maxwell Henry Rudolph, Luke Gavin,
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
    Mark Taylor, Joel Dougherty, Chris Burdon, David Esparza, Tom Fleischman,
  • Electrician:
    Raz Khamehseifi, Dave Clements,
  • Second Assistant 'A' Camera:
    James Perry,
  • Carpenter:
    Jeff Woodbridge, Sam Towers,
  • Sound Designer:
    Oliver Tarney, Michael Fentum,
  • Digital Compositor:
    Christian Zeiler, Alexandr Nabiullin, John Durney, Sergey Stavile, Sam Curtis, Robin Walsh,
  • Production Assistant:
    Anastasia Harrold, Dougal Mackenzie Smith, Elliot Kershaw, India Gibbs,
  • Visual Effects Producer:
    Jessica Ambrose,
  • Assistant Accountant:
    Elizabeth Brizzell, Grant Wolstenholme,
  • Painter:
    Bradley Woodbridge, Bea L. Manzanara, Gary Dempsey,
  • Assistant Sound Editor:
    Adam Levin, James Taylor-Beeson,
  • Original Music Composer:
    Saunder Jurriaans, Danny Bensi,
  • Digital Intermediate Colorist:
    Stephen Nakamura, Alex Gascoigne,
  • Prop Maker:
    Fletcher Jarvis,
  • Stand In:
    Amber Rose Smith, James Harris, Peter Alberti, Jacob Wood,
  • First Assistant 'B' Camera:
    Lewis Hume,
  • First Assistant Editor:
    Rab Wilson, Jens Baylis, Chris Guiral,
  • Key Grip:
    Paolo Frasson, Sam Phillips,
  • Production Design:
    Jan Roelfs,
  • Special Effects Supervisor:
    Caimin Bourne,
  • ADR Supervisor:
    Rachael Tate,
  • Actor's Assistant:
    Harrison Osterfield, Pavel P. Bozhkov, Jayne Sullivan, Chantelle Manners, Sam Guest,
  • Foley Artist:
    Sue Harding, Caoimhe Doyle, Jack Stew,
  • Scoring Mixer:
    Daniel Kresco, Phil McGowan,
  • Dialect Coach:
    Sarah Shepherd,
  • Driver:
    Jack Buckfield, Tony Blyth,
  • Production Secretary:
    Tilly Sharp,
  • Screenplay:
    Michael Mitnick,
  • Stunts:
    Chris Newton, Anthony Skrimshire, Felix Leech, Chey Anich, Kye Mckee, Tony Christian, Paul Herbert, Josh Dyer, Steen Young,
  • Foley Supervisor:
    Hugo Adams,
  • Unit Publicist:
    Claire Wilson,
  • Finishing Producer:
    Christina de Guzman,
  • Casting Assistant:
    Melissa Gethin Clarke,
  • Graphic Designer:
    Edward Bursch, Charis Theobald,
  • Stunt Coordinator:
    Paul Herbert,
  • Digital Intermediate Editor:
    Herbert Butler, John Bentley,
  • Music Editor:
    Christopher Kaller, Christoph Bauschinger, Missy Cohen,
  • Costume Supervisor:
    Sian Evans,
  • Hairstylist:
    Claire Burgess, Anita Burger, Donald McInnes,
  • Armorer:
    Sam Dormer,
  • Art Direction:
    David Doran, Remo Tozzi, Stephen Bream,
  • Location Assistant:
    Chris Clifford, Georgina Richards, Ruben Alves Pereira,
  • Storyboard Designer:
    Brendan Houghton,
  • Supervising Art Director:
    Mark Scruton,
  • Set Decoration:
    Lucy Eyre,
  • Music Consultant:
    Andy Ross, Meghan Persons, Charles M. Barsamian,
  • Visual Effects Editor:
    Jens Baylis,
  • Unit Production Manager:
    Clare Finnegan,
  • Steadicam Operator:
    Paul Edwards, Paul Edwards,
  • Assistant Makeup Artist:
    Joanne Walton,
  • Post Production Supervisor:
    Emma Zee, Max Reiner,
  • Gaffer:
    Andy Cole,
  • Second Unit First Assistant Director:
    Andrew McEwan, Alexander Holt,
  • Makeup Artist:
    Romaine Bowman, Donald McInnes,
  • Second Unit Director:
    Justin Ball,
  • Additional Photography:
    John Farrall-Miles,
  • Storyboard Artist:
    Brendan Houghton,
  • Foley Mixer:
    Adam Mendez,
  • Props:
    Joey Hodges, Steve Salmon, Mark Almond, Toby Hill,
  • Construction Manager:
    Jono Moles,
  • Key Makeup Artist:
    Niamh O'Loan,
  • Acting Double:
    Angelica Pugacheva,
  • Second Assistant 'B' Camera:
    Archie Muller,
  • Craft Service:
    Graham Walters,
  • Second Assistant Accountant:
    Ennis Alhashimi,
  • Set Costumer:
    Victoria Finn, Max Brennan,
  • Casting:
    Ellen Lewis, Theo Park,
  • Unit Manager:
    Martin Walker, Martin Walker,
  • Music Coordinator:
    Milena Erke,
  • ADR Engineer:
    Bertrand Duranleau,
  • Executive In Charge Of Production:
    Ron Lynch, Ron Lynch, Brendon Boyea, Tom Prince,
  • Costume Design:
    Michael Wilkinson,
  • Second Unit Location Manager:
    Andrew Michael Buckley,
  • Music Supervisor:
    Randall Poster,
  • Visual Effects Supervisor:
    Justin Ball,
  • Makeup Designer:
    Sharon Martin,
  • Aerial Director of Photography:
    Paul Christopher Greene,
  • Digital Intermediate Producer:
    Begoña Lopez,
  • Location Coordinator:
    Emma Niamh Mitchell,
  • Draughtsman:
    Constantine Katsaras,
  • Visual Effects Coordinator:
    Nicholas Degrazia,
  • Post Production Producer:
    Majd Nassif,

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