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Edison: The Wizard of Light

  • TV Movie
  • 1998
  • Not Rated
  • 54m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
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Edison: The Wizard of Light (1998)
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Escaping from the orphanage, young Jack Maloney stumbles into the lab of the world's greatest inventor, Thomas Edison, Together, the create the first motion pictures.Escaping from the orphanage, young Jack Maloney stumbles into the lab of the world's greatest inventor, Thomas Edison, Together, the create the first motion pictures.Escaping from the orphanage, young Jack Maloney stumbles into the lab of the world's greatest inventor, Thomas Edison, Together, the create the first motion pictures.

  • Director
    • David Devine
  • Writer
    • Heather Conkie
  • Stars
    • Kenneth Welsh
    • Michal Suchánek
    • Jesse Collins
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    44
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • David Devine
    • Writer
      • Heather Conkie
    • Stars
      • Kenneth Welsh
      • Michal Suchánek
      • Jesse Collins
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Kenneth Welsh
    Kenneth Welsh
    • Thomas Edison
    Michal Suchánek
    Michal Suchánek
    • Young Jack Maloney
    Jesse Collins
    • Jack Maloney
    David Storch
    David Storch
    • William Dickson
    Susannah Hoffmann
    Susannah Hoffmann
    • Kate Cruthers
    James Mainprize
    • Eadweard Muybridge
    John Liddle
    John Liddle
    • Delivery Man
    R.D. Reid
    • Orphanage Man
    Terry V. Hart
    • Policeman #1
    Allan Aarons
    • Fred Ott
    Sarah Robichaud
    • Annabelle Whitford
    Margery Lowe
    Margery Lowe
    • Annie Oakley
    Jennifer Rockett
    • Opera Singer
    Rogue Johnston
    • Sheik Hadji Tahar
    Monica Munn
    • Madame Bertoldi
    Matthew G. Taylor
    Matthew G. Taylor
    • Sandow, The Strongman
    • (as Matt Taylor)
    Brad Borbridge
    • Harry
    Louis Wrightman
    • Peter Courtney
    • Director
      • David Devine
    • Writer
      • Heather Conkie
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    Disappointing, meandering film

    Being a fan of Edison, I put this tape into my VCR expecting a lot. The movie starts out well. Jack escapes from his orphanage and takes refuge in Edison's Invention Factory where the inventor sort of adopts him. He starts to work as Edison's office boy and witnesses how the great inventor and his assistants invent the movie camera. Edison's eccentricities are well-portrayed. Edison's Invention Factory as shown in the film looks authentic. Then the movie takes off on a tangent and loses its audience. Edison is dumped from the film which then turns its spotlights on Jack's career as a silent movie director in the early days of Hollywood. The movie explores his dissatisfaction with such a career. In other words, the flick becomes boring! Evidently, it cannot make up its mind as to whether it wants to be a bio-pic of Edison or something else the viewer cannot relate to. The film tries to pack two storylines into 53 minutes running time, so it fails.

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    • Release date
      • October 12, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Devine Entertainment Corporation
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • ともだちは科学者 エジソン~映像の魔術師
    • Filming locations
      • Spadina House - 285 Spadina Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production company
      • Devine Entertainment
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      • 54m
    • Color
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      • Black and White

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