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Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
A frantic, obsessive energy radiates from the screen as the battle for the lightbulb turns into a ruthless corporate war. This clash of titans transforms a historical rivalry into a lightning-fast collision of ego and invention.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Tuppence Middleton, Stanley Townsend, Damien Molony, Conor MacNeill
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Director
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Matthew Macfadyen, Tuppence Middleton, Stanley Townsend, Damien Molony, Conor MacNeill
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