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Genius (2016)

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.

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: 2016-06-10
Runtime: 104 min
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Cast
Colin Firth
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Jude Law
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
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Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
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Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe
Corey Johnson
Corey Johnson
John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
Miquel Brown
Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
Rosy Benjamin
Scribner's Staff
Elaine Caulfield
Elaine Caulfield
Mabel Wolfe
Richard Dempsey
Richard Dempsey
Director
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Katya Watson
Jane Perkins