Edison: The Wizard of Light (TV Movie 1998)

Edison: The Wizard of Light (TV Movie 1998). 54m | Not Rated

“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 Edisonu0026#39;s Invention Factory where the inventor sort of adopts him. He starts to work as Edisonu0026#39;s office boy and witnesses how the great inventor and his assistants invent the movie camera. Edisonu0026#39;s eccentricities are well-portrayed. Edisonu0026#39;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 Jacku0026#39;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.”