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Tesla

- 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.

Release Date : 2020-08-14

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Campbell Grobman FilmsIntrinsic Value FilmsJeff Rice FilmsPassage PicturesMillennium MediaUnder the Influence Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ethan Hawke

Character Name : Nikola Tesla

Original Name : Ethan Hawke

Gender : Male

Eve Hewson

Character Name : Anne Morgan

Original Name : Eve Hewson

Gender : Female

Jim Gaffigan

Character Name : George Westinghouse

Original Name : Jim Gaffigan

Gender : Male

Kyle MacLachlan

Character Name : Thomas Edison

Original Name : Kyle MacLachlan

Gender : Male

Donnie Keshawarz

Character Name : J.P. Morgan

Original Name : Donnie Keshawarz

Gender : Male

Josh Hamilton

Character Name : Robert Underwood Johnson

Original Name : Josh Hamilton

Gender : Male

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Character Name : Anital Szigeti

Original Name : Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Gender : Male

Lucy Walters

Character Name : Katherine Johnson

Original Name : Lucy Walters

Gender : Female

John Palladino

Character Name : Bourke Cochran

Original Name : John Palladino

Gender : Male

Michael Mastro

Character Name : Charles Peck

Original Name : Michael Mastro

Gender : Male

Hannah Gross

Character Name : Mina Edison

Original Name : Hannah Gross

Gender : Female

Peter Greene

Character Name : Nichols

Original Name : Peter Greene

Gender : Male

Blake DeLong

Character Name : William Kemmler

Original Name : Blake DeLong

Gender : Male

Karl Geary

Character Name : Francis Upton

Original Name : Karl Geary

Gender : Male

James Urbaniak

Character Name : Professor Anthony

Original Name : James Urbaniak

Gender : Male

Eli Smith

Character Name : Roller Skating Fiddler

Original Name : Eli Smith

Gender : Male

Dan Bittner

Character Name : Fred Ott

Original Name : Dan Bittner

Gender : Male

David Kallaway

Character Name : John Kruesi

Original Name : David Kallaway

Gender : Male

Nicholas Wuehrmann

Character Name : Ed the Organist

Original Name : Nicholas Wuehrmann

Gender : Male

Haley Elise Pehrson

Character Name : Tesla's Mother

Original Name : Haley Elise Pehrson

Gender : Female

Tony Hutaj

Character Name : Bill Edison

Original Name : Tony Hutaj

Gender : Male

Corban Elwick-Schermitz

Character Name : Tom Edison Jr.

Original Name : Corban Elwick-Schermitz

Gender : Male

Emory Gleeson

Character Name : Dot Edison

Original Name : Emory Gleeson

Gender : Male

Ian Lithgow

Character Name : Alfred Brown

Original Name : Ian Lithgow

Gender : Male

Emma Clare O'Connor

Character Name : Evelyn

Original Name : Emma Clare O'Connor

Gender : Female

Gary Rissman

Character Name : Man Comforting Dog

Original Name : Gary Rissman

Gender : Male

Steven Gurewitz

Character Name : Harold P. Brown

Original Name : Steven Gurewitz

Gender : Male

Rick Zahn

Character Name : Tracy Becker

Original Name : Rick Zahn

Gender : Male

Lois Smith

Character Name : The Grande Dame

Original Name : Lois Smith

Gender : Female

Tallulah McRae Silovsky

Character Name : Young Anne Morgan

Original Name : Tallulah McRae Silovsky

Gender : Male

Hermione Heckrich

Character Name : Agnes Johnson

Original Name : Hermione Heckrich

Gender : Female

Tom Farrell

Character Name : Warden Durston

Original Name : Tom Farrell

Gender : Male

Thomas Roma

Character Name : Prison Doctor

Original Name : Thomas Roma

Gender : Male

Vincent De Paul

Character Name : Westinghouse Assistant

Original Name : Vincent De Paul

Gender : Male

Christian Hicks

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Christian Hicks

Gender : Male

Rebecca Dayan

Character Name : Sarah Bernhardt

Original Name : Rebecca Dayan

Gender : Female

Jameal Ali

Character Name : Swami Vivekananda

Original Name : Jameal Ali

Gender : Male

David Weinberg

Character Name : Fritz Lowenstein

Original Name : David Weinberg

Gender : Male

Paul Saltzberg

Character Name : Alta Vista Waiter

Original Name : Paul Saltzberg

Gender : Male

Joshuah Melnick

Character Name : Richard Gregg

Original Name : Joshuah Melnick

Gender : Male

Charles Baran

Character Name : Alta Vista Concierge

Original Name : Charles Baran

Gender : Male

David Kubicka

Character Name : Alta Vista Violinist

Original Name : David Kubicka

Gender : Male

Carl Bernzweig

Character Name : J.P. Morgan's Assistant

Original Name : Carl Bernzweig

Gender : Male

George Aloi

Character Name : Science Society President (uncredited)

Original Name : George Aloi

Gender : Male

Gary Ayash

Character Name : Science Society Dignitary (uncredited)

Original Name : Gary Ayash

Gender : Male

Luna Jokic

Character Name : Macak

Original Name : Luna Jokic

Gender : Male

Eli A. Smith

Character Name : Roller Skating Fiddler

Original Name : Eli A. Smith

Gender : Male

Reviews

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2022-09-03

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 (which he did not invent) and, apparently, communicating with Mars. Perhaps it's due to the latter that Hawke plays Tesla as some kind of alien; a combination of Keanu in The Day the Earth Stood Still and Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth. Tesla depicts two meetings between the inventors only to admit that neither actually happened. In one of those imaginary encounters, Edison apologizes to Tesla and tells him that he was wrong about him. What is the point of this? If it is supposed to be a retroactive 'f-you' to Edison, methinks he is long past the point of caring. Apart from the historically revisionist chip on its shoulder, Tesla is a stylistic disaster. The film is narrated by Anne Morgan (Eve Hewson), American financier and banker J.P. Morgan's (Donnie Keshawarz) daughter. In addition to her role in the events of the film, Anne appears in cutaways, sitting at a table with a Mac computer (?), reporting the respective number of results in a Google search for Tesla and Edison, and telling us to Google the American businessman and engineer George Westinghouse. If this weren't strange enough, in the second half of the movie director/screenwriter Michael Almereyda has Hawke stand against a background that is either a matte painting (Niagara Falls, a field in Colorado, a restaurant) or a projection (a pair of horses frolicking in a meadow, to whom Hawke offers an apple); this might work in a stage play, or if the entire film consistently followed the same aesthetic, but here it's just another incomprehensible artistic choice. All of the above, however, is nothing compared to what will go down in history as arguably the lowest point in cinema in the year 2020; Ethan Hawke as Nikola Tesla doing a karaoke version of Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." This is the exact moment, with about ten minutes to go, when I said "F this movie" and never looked back.