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Genius (2016)

PG
10/06/2016 (GB)
History, Drama
1h 44m

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.

Overview

New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.

  • Michael GrandageDirector
  • John LoganScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Revenue

    $5,681,622

Keywords

  • new york city
  • biography
  • writer
  • book editor
  • novelist
  • editor
  • 1930s

Top Billed Cast

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Max Perkins

Jude Law

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton

Angela Ashton

Bertha Perkins

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