Genius (2016)

06/10/2016 (GB) • 1h 44m

History, Drama

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.

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$5,681,622.00

Keywords

new york city

biography

writer

book editor

novelist

editor

1930s

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