The Current War

The Current War (2018)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2018-02-01

Country

Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Production

Thunder Road, Bazelevs Production, Film Rites, Fourth Floor Productions, 13 Films

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$30 000 000

Revenue

$12 217 160

Website

https://www.currentwarmovie.com/home/

Director

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Actors

Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Tuppence Middleton, Stanley Townsend, Damien Molony, Conor MacNeill
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Scenario

Producer

Timur Bekmambetov, Basil Iwanyk, Martin Scorsese, Steven Zaillian, Garrett Basch, Michael Mitnick, Adam Ackland

Operator

Jeong Jeong-hun

Composer

Saunder Jurriaans

Artist

Audition

Ellen Lewis, Theo Park

Editing

David Trachtenberg, Justin Krohn
All team (201)

• Jake Gyllenhaal was initially cast as George Westinghouse, but the actor was busy with other projects.
• Filming of some scenes took place at "Cragside House," a country house from the Renaissance era near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland. It once served as the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of the arms company "Armstrong Whitworth." It was the first house with hydroelectric lighting, using lamps invented by Joseph Swan.
• The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017, and its release in the US was scheduled for November 2017. Following accusations of sexual harassment against Harvey Weinstein, which arose after an article on the subject appeared in the "New York Times" in October 2017, these plans fell through, and "Weinstein Co." sold the film to "Lantern Entertainment," which subsequently ceded distribution rights to "101 Studio." Eventually, the film was released in European cinemas in July 2019, and in the US in October 2019.
• Some scenes were filmed at "Cragside House," a country house from the Renaissance era located near the town of Rothbury in Northumberland. It once served as the home of William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, the founder of the "Armstrong Whitworth" arms company. It was the first house with hydroelectric lighting, using lamps invented by Joseph Swan.