Genius

Genius (2016)

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

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.

Date of release
2016-06-10
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (736)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
History, Drama
Director
Michael Grandage

Casting

  • Colin Firth — Max Perkins
  • Jude Law — Thomas Wolfe
  • Nicole Kidman — Aline Bernstein
  • Laura Linney — Louise Saunders
  • Guy Pearce — F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Dominic West — Ernest Hemingway
  • Vanessa Kirby — Zelda Fitzgerald
  • Demetri Goritsas — John Wheelock
  • Harry Attwell — Assistant Editor
  • Angela Sant'Albano — Bertha Perkins
  • Eve Bracken — Zippy Perkins
  • Gillian Hanna — Julia Wolfe

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