Genius (2016)

  • PG-13
  • 06/10/2016 (US)
  • 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 Grandage

Director

John Logan

Screenplay

A. Scott Berg

Novel

Cast

Colin Firth's headshot

Colin Firth

Max Perkins
Jude Law's headshot

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman's headshot

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney's headshot

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce's headshot

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West's headshot

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby's headshot

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas's headshot

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

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