Edison - A life full of light

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Movie
German title Edison - A life full of light
Original title The Current War
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2017
length 103 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
script Michael Mitnick
production Timur Bekmambetov ,
Basil Iwanyk ,
Harvey Weinstein
music Volker Bertelmann ,
Dustin O'Halloran
camera Chung-hoon Chung
cut David Trachtenberg
occupation

Edison - A Life Full of Light (original title: The Current War ) is an American historical film by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon , which celebrated its world premiere in September 2017 as part of the Toronto International Film Festival and was released in German cinemas on July 23, 2020 . The film shows Benedict Cumberbatch in the role of Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon in the role of George Westinghouse vying for the first US electricity network.

action

Rivals Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse try to win the race for a marketable and sustainable electricity system in the 1880s. Edison defended the use of direct current in power distribution. Westinghouse Electric, on the other hand, is trying to implement alternating current and is supported in this by a large number of European companies. At the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 , Edison and Westinghouse appeared as competitors in the battle for their nocturnal lighting.

production

Film title and historical background

Michael Shannon , who plays George Westinghouse , at the premiere of the film in Toronto

The film title The Current War refers to the English-language terms Alternating Current and Direct Current for alternating current and direct current . Thomas Edison had defended direct current, while George Westinghouse preferred alternating current. For months, Edison touted his DC power plants while spreading the word about the dangerous AC power Westinghouse was selling to people. Engineers hired by Edison demonstrated the danger in public deterrent experiments like the one at Columbia College in New York.

Staff and cast

The director took over Alfonso Gomez-Rejon . It's about wait until dark and me and Earl and the girl about Gomez-Rejon's third film that he is directing.

Michael Shannon plays George Westinghouse in the film , and Benedict Cumberbatch plays his competitor Thomas Edison . Katherine Waterston plays the future wife of George Westinghouse, born Marguerite Erskine, and Tom Holland plays the business tycoon Samuel Insull . Nicholas Hoult plays Nikola Tesla in the film . In December 2016, the participation of Matthew Macfadyen , who plays the entrepreneur and private banker JP Morgan in the film , became known.

Filming and film music

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In January 2017, the film was shot around the Cragside House in the English county of Northumberland , which was cordoned off for the duration of the filming
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The Pavilion Gardens and Royal Pavilion in Brighton were used as backdrops in the film for the Chicago World's Fair in 1893
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Benedict Cumberbatch at the premiere for the film in Toronto

Filming began on December 18, 2016 in London . Further filming began in January 2017 around the town of Rothbury and Cragside House , a country house in the English county of Northumberland , and at Waltham Abbey in Essex . A building located there served as a backdrop for Edison's house and workshop. From February 2017, filming took place at the Royal Pavilion and Pavilion Gardens in Brighton . The facility there served as a backdrop in the film of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 , in which Edison and Westinghouse competed in the battle for their nocturnal lighting. Chung-hoon Chung acted as cameraman . Jan Roelfs and Lucy Eyre created the production design .

The original score was composed by Dustin O'Halloran and Volker Bertelmann alias Hauschka. In June 2019 it was announced that Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans were composing new music for the film.

Marketing and Publishing

A first trailer for the film was released on September 8, 2017.

The film celebrated its world premiere on September 9, 2017 at the Toronto International Film Festival . The original launch dates in the US on November 24, 2017 and in the UK on January 5, 2018 have been postponed to October 4, 2019 and July 26, 2019, respectively. The German launch date was July 23, 2020. On August 28, 2020 it will be released in Chinese cinemas.

criticism

Shortly after the 2017 Academy Awards and before the film premiered, The New Republic's Tim Grierson and Will Leitch brought up Michael Shannon as Best Supporting Actor for the following year's awards ceremony .

synchronization

The German dubbing was based on a dialogue book and the dialogue direction by Harald Wolff on behalf of TaunusFilm Synchron GmbH, Berlin.

role actor Voice actor
Thomas Edison Benedict Cumberbatch Sascha Rotermund
George Westinghouse Michael Shannon Oliver Stritzel
Samuel Insull Tom Holland Tobias Diakow
Nikola Tesla Nicholas Hoult Ozan Unal
Marguerite Westinghouse Katherine Waterston Yvonne Greitzke
Mary Edison Tuppence Middleton Marieke Oeffinger
Dotty Edison Sophia Ally Hannah Kunze
Horace Kaden Joseph Balderrama Georgios Tzitzikos

Web links

Commons : Edison - A life full of light  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for Edison - A Life Full of Light . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 198464 / K). Template: FSK / maintenance / type not set and Par. 1 longer than 4 characters
  2. ↑ The Current War In: moviepilot.de. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Christoph Scheuermann: Duel of the inventors direct current versus alternating current In: Spiegel Online, May 1, 2008.
  4. ↑ http://variety.com/2015/film/news/jake-gyllenhaal-benedict-cumberbatch-the-current-war-1201601725/
  5. ↑ http://deadline.com/2016/12/matthew-macfadyen-the-current-war-doa-blood-river-cast-katia-winter-unwanted-1201872421/
  6. ↑ Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland begin filming 'Current War' in London In: onlocationvacations.com, December 22, 2016.
  7. ↑ Barbara Hodgson: Benedict Cumberbatch movie The Current War begins filming in North East In: chroniclelive.co.uk, January 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ Pavilion Gardens closed for filming of new Benedict Cumberbatch movie- with llama and zebra In: brightonandhovenews.org, February 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ Paul Sheehan and Zach Laws: 2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Production Design In: goldderby.com, August 1, 2017.
  10. ↑ Dustin O'Halloran & Hauschka to Score Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's 'The Current War' In: filmmusicreporter.com, July 13, 2017.
  11. ^ A b Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans Scoring Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's 'The Current War'. In: filmmusicreporter.com, June 17, 2019.
  12. ↑ https://www.musikexpress.de/the-current-war-trailer-benedict-cumberbatch-wird-zu-thomas-edison-und-streit-sich-um-die-strom-vorherrschaft-897561/
  13. ↑ Toronto International Film Festival 2017. Official Film Schedule In: tiff.net. Retrieved on August 23, 2017 (PDF; 852 KB)
  14. ↑ http://deadline.com/2017/08/mary-magdalene-rooney-mara-easter-weekend-opening-current-war-november-opening-1202153021/
  15. ↑ Start dates in Germany. In: insidekino.com. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  16. ↑ Tim Grierson and Will Leitch: Grierson & Leitch's Insanely Early 2018 Oscar Predictions In: newrepublic.com, March 2, 2017.