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Genius

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

★ 6.5 TMDB Rating · 736 votes

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.

Director
Michael Grandage
Release date
Jun 10, 2016
Original language
English
Origin
United States, United Kingdom

Cast of Genius

  • Portrait of Colin Firth

    Colin Firth

    Max Perkins

  • Portrait of Jude Law

    Jude Law

    Thomas Wolfe

  • Portrait of Nicole Kidman

    Nicole Kidman

    Aline Bernstein

  • Portrait of Laura Linney

    Laura Linney

    Louise Saunders

  • Portrait of Guy Pearce

    Guy Pearce

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Portrait of Dominic West

    Dominic West

    Ernest Hemingway

  • Portrait of Vanessa Kirby

    Vanessa Kirby

    Zelda Fitzgerald

  • Portrait of Demetri Goritsas

    Demetri Goritsas

    John Wheelock

  • Harry Attwell

    Assistant Editor

  • Portrait of Angela Sant'Albano

    Angela Sant'Albano

    Bertha Perkins

  • Eve Bracken

    Zippy Perkins

  • Gillian Hanna

    Julia Wolfe

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