Desc: Ben Franklin: Stealing Lightning from the Sky: Directed by Larry Mendte. With Ralph Archbold, Philip Dray, Philip W. Hammer, Walter Isaacson. Benjamin Franklin may have been the world's first pop star because of his work with electricity. His famous kite experiment may very well have won the American Revolution. But there is strong evidence that the kite experiment never happened. This short documentary brings together some of the nation's top Franklin experts on what would have been his 300th birthday to discuss how Franklin stole lightning from the sky.