Genius
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
6.5(728) 2016-06-10 104 minHistoryDrama
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.
DirectorMichael Grandage
ProducerJames Bierman
ProducerJohn Logan
ProducerMichael Grandage
Original Music ComposerAdam Cork
ScreenplayJohn Logan
ProducerTracey Seaward
Cast & characters
Colin Firth
as Max Perkins
Jude Law
as Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
as Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
as Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
as Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
as John Wheelock
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Harry Attwell
as Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
as Bertha Perkins
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Eve Bracken
as Zippy Perkins
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Gillian Hanna
as Julia Wolfe
Corey Johnson
as John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
as Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
as Scribner's Staff
Elaine Caulfield
as Mabel Wolfe
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Richard Dempsey
as Director
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Katya Watson
as Jane Perkins
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Lorna Doherty
as Peggy Perkins
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Makenna McBrierty
as Nancy Perkins
Lucy Briers
as Miss Wyckoff
Ray Strasser King
as James, Mailroom Clerk
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David Altaner
as Scribner's Staff
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Charles Dinsdale
as Scribner's Staff
