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Genius

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

  • Movie
  • 2016
  • PG-13
  • 1h 44m

Directed by Michael Grandage

6.5

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6.5 out of 10 from 738 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Colin Firth

    Colin FirthMax Perkins

  • Jude Law

    Jude LawThomas Wolfe

  • Nicole Kidman

    Nicole KidmanAline Bernstein

  • Laura Linney

    Laura LinneyLouise Saunders

  • Guy Pearce

    Guy PearceF. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Dominic West

    Dominic WestErnest Hemingway

  • Vanessa Kirby

    Vanessa KirbyZelda Fitzgerald

  • Demetri Goritsas

    Demetri GoritsasJohn Wheelock

  • Harry AttwellAssistant Editor

  • Angela Sant'Albano

    Angela Sant'AlbanoBertha Perkins

  • Eve BrackenZippy Perkins

  • Gillian HannaJulia Wolfe

  • Corey Johnson

    Corey JohnsonJohn Wheelock

  • Miquel Brown

    Miquel BrownEleanor, Perkins' Maid

  • Rosy Benjamin

    Rosy BenjaminScribner's Staff

  • Elaine Caulfield

    Elaine CaulfieldMabel Wolfe

  • Richard DempseyDirector

  • Katya WatsonJane Perkins

Director
Michael Grandage
Writer
John Logan and A. Scott Berg
Music
Adam Cork
Cinematography
Ben Davis