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Electricity may have changed the world, but this movie telling the story behind its invention won't

28 July 2019 - 00:00 By and tymon smith

After two years of delay - the result of a lack of enthusiasm at its 2017 Toronto International Film Festival premiere and then the difficulties faced by the Miramax company in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein - Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's film about the battles over the invention of electricity finally arrives on screens...

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