Genius (2016)
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Colin Firth
as Max Perkins
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Jude Law
as Thomas Wolfe
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Nicole Kidman
as Aline Bernstein
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Laura Linney
as Louise Saunders
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Guy Pearce
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Dominic West
as Ernest Hemingway
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Vanessa Kirby
as Zelda Fitzgerald
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Demetri Goritsas
as John Wheelock
- Harry Attwell as Assistant Editor
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Angela Ashton
as Bertha Perkins
- Eve Bracken as Zippy Perkins
- Gillian Hanna as Julia Wolfe
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Corey Johnson
as John Wheelock
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Miquel Brown
as Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
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Rosy Benjamin
as Scribner's Staff
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Elaine Caulfield
as Mabel Wolfe
- Richard Dempsey as Director
- Katya Watson as Jane Perkins
Crew
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Michael Grandage
Director
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Ben Davis
Director of Photography
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Chris Dickens
Editor
- Adam Cork Original Music Composer
- James Bierman Producer
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Michael Grandage
Producer
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John Logan
Producer
- Tracey Seaward Producer
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John Logan
Screenplay
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