TESLA (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Kyle MacLachlan (Blue Velvet), Eve Hewson (Bridge of Spies), Jim Gaffigan (Them That Follow), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Blow the Man Down), Hannah Gross (Her Smell), Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade), James Urbaniak (Death of a President), Rebecca Dayan (Limitless), Donnie Keshawarz (The Adjustment Bureau), Lucy Walters (B-Side), Blake DeLong (Late Night), Lois Smith (Fatal Attraction), Ian Lithgow (Far from Bismarck)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Michael Almereyda (Marjorie Prime), director, writer, producer; Christa Campbell (Shooting the Warwicks), Lati Grobman (The Bleeder), Per Melita (Holy Rollers), Isen Robbins (Brother to Brother) and Uri Singer (Experimenter), producers; John Paesano (The Maze Runner), composer; Sean Price Williams (Good Time), cinematographer; Kathryn J. Schubert (The Transfiguration), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Inventor Nikola Tesla (Hawke) faces an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition, including facing off against rival inventors such as Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan), and becoming entrapped by his own overactive mind…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Ethan Hawke delivers a stellar turn as legendary inventor Nikola Tesla in an ambitious and refreshingly modern take on the life of one of the most visionary minds of the past couple of centuries.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2020

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