Talk:The Current War

Frank Sprague
Many sources IMDB, Fandango, Moviephone list The Current War as having widespread national release on October 25, 2019 which is the anniversary of Frank Sprague’s death in 1934 but there is no mention whether Sprague is depicted in the film. This is ironic to include Tesla but not others that significantly developed the use of electricity. Colonial Computer 19:44, 8 September 2019 (UTC)

Director's Cut
The US release included the subtitle "The Director's Cut". Apparently there were some reshoots and changes so the film due for release on October 25 is slightly different from the film that was released in 2017.

The directors cut has an entirely separate Rotten Tomatoes page too.

It is unclear which version was released in the UK earlier this year. Proceed with caution. -- 109.79.190.28 (talk) 12:34, 22 October 2019 (UTC)


 * Metacritic retitled and moved their page so now it is titled "The Current War: Director's Cut" https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-current-war-directors-cut but so far they are still listing the same score of 44% based on 15 reviews. -- 109.79.190.28 (talk) 12:39, 22 October 2019 (UTC)


 * The UK received the original version, all other countries are getting the Directors Cut. I’m thinking of creating separate sections in the Reception tab clarifying the two TropicAces (talk) 18:58, 24 October 2019 (UTC)


 * I now believe the UK got the improved cut when the film was released a few months ago, in 2019. Reading through the article from Business Insider which mentions an added scene where Tesla "is stripped of his patents by a businessman he made a deal with" which was in the cut I saw. Also the article states that the directors cut was ten minutes shorter than the TIFF cut and runtime of the directors cut is said to be 107 minutes, and the UK release is 107 m 52s. I don't have any reliable sources to prove it yet though, and there are a whole lot of new reviews for the US release so it is harmless to keep the separate subsections until we know for sure. -- 109.79.171.171 (talk) 19:47, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Also Scorsese gets a producer credit on the UK release poster but you'll need the very high resolution poster to see it. -- 109.79.171.171 (talk) 19:52, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
 * ... and Metacritic got rid of the early reviews as if the earlier release never happened. 55% based on 24 reviews, mixed. -- 109.79.181.75 (talk) 16:19, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

2017 or 2019
This film is currently described as a "2017" film. I understand the rules and I understand how normally a film shown at TIFF in 2017 and then later released would reasonably be described as a 2017 film. But in this case, seeing as how it was a different film, the Directors Cut that was released to the public in 2019, I think we should make an exception. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to describe this as a 2019 film? (Failing that could we avoid the 2017/2019 thing in the intro entirely.) -- 109.79.69.116 (talk) 23:22, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Further problem is the two films have different credits, Weinstein is mentioned and produced the 2017 film but keeps getting deleted out of the credits by anti Weinstein people. If we are talking about the 2019 "Director's Cut" then, yeah, maybe Weinstein should be removed, but even that is unclear. We have various credits at and .  Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 02:50, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Universal involvement
I am a student at Bishop Foley Catholic High School (that's why I'm using an account) and we are watching The Current War in one of my classes. At the beginning, I heard Brian Tyler's Universal fanfare even though Universal did not distribute the film as mentioned in the article. Was Universal involved in the film? Never mind, I just saw Universal's involvement.

Namethatisnotinuse (talk) 21:49, 5 October 2020 (UTC)