According to this movie, Thomas Edison (MacLachlan) and Nikola Tesla (Ethan Hawke) were like Mozart and Salieri if Mozart and Salieri had been anything like they are portrayed in Amadeus – but then Tesla has as tenuous a hold on reality as Amadeus does, sans all the things that make Milos Forman's film otherwise great. This movie derives a sick pleasure from comparing the two inventors, emphasizing Edison's failures over Tesla's successes – whatever those may have been; I confess that, after seeing the film, I haven't the slightest idea of Tesla's achievements, apart from alternating current…
“My achievements and conquests will be evaluated in the future”
The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.
- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Production
- Campbell Grobman Films, Intrinsic Value Films, Jeff Rice Films, Passage Pictures, Millennium Media, Under the Influence Productions
- Budget
- $5M
- Box Office
- $459K
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Cast
Ethan HawkeNikola Tesla
Eve HewsonAnne Morgan
Jim GaffiganGeorge Westinghouse
Kyle MacLachlanThomas Edison
Donnie KeshawarzJ.P. Morgan
Josh HamiltonRobert Underwood Johnson
Ebon Moss-BachrachAnital Szigeti
Lucy WaltersKatherine Johnson
John PalladinoBourke Cochran
Michael MastroCharles Peck
Hannah GrossMina Edison
Peter GreeneNicholsMedia
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The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.
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The movie stars Ethan Hawke, Eve Hewson, Jim Gaffigan, Kyle MacLachlan, Donnie Keshawarz and more.
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