Genius
“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
2016•PG-13•1h 44m•6.5•Released
HistoryDrama
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
Writer
John Logan
Revenue
$6M
Languages
English
Studio
Pinewood Pictures
Cast
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
Corey Johnson
John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
Scribner's Staff
Production
Company
Pinewood Pictures
Company
Desert Wolf Productions
Company
Michael Grandage Company
Company
Riverstone Pictures
Company
Summit Entertainment
Producer
James Bierman
Producer
Michael Grandage
Producer
John Logan
Producer
Tracey Seaward
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