Genius
“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
Director
Michael Grandage
Screenplay
John Logan
1 wins · 6 nominations
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.
Release
Jun 10, 2016
Budget
—
Country
United States of America, United Kingdom
Revenue
$6M
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
Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
Corey Johnson
John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
Scribner's Staff
Elaine Caulfield
Mabel Wolfe
Lucy Briers
Miss Wyckoff
Ray Strasser King
James, Mailroom Clerk
Erick Hayden
Scribner's Staff
Nick Mercer
Scribner's Staff
James Wallace
Scribner's Staff
Katherine Kingsley
Purring Woman
Maddie Rice
Actress
Ian Drysdale
Actor
Andrew Byron
Grand Central Station Conductor
Jane Perry
John Hopkins Hospital Nurse
Reviews
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Genius
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