Genius

Genius (2016)

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

History Drama

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.

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  • Release Date: 2016-06-10
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Michael Grandage

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    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

    • Angela Ashton

      Bertha Perkins

    • Eve Bracken

      Zippy Perkins

    • Gillian Hanna

      Julia Wolfe

    • Corey Johnson

      John Wheelock

    • Miquel Brown

      Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

    • Rosy Benjamin

      Scribner's Staff

    • Elaine Caulfield

      Mabel Wolfe

    • Richard Dempsey

      Director

    • Katya Watson

      Jane Perkins

    • Lorna Doherty

      Peggy Perkins

    • Makenna McBrierty

      Nancy Perkins

    • Lucy Briers

      Miss Wyckoff

    • Ray Strasser King

      James, Mailroom Clerk

    • David Altaner

      Scribner's Staff

    • Charles Dinsdale

      Scribner's Staff

    • Erick Hayden

      Scribner's Staff

    • Kenneth Hazeldine

      Scribner's Staff

    • Oliver King

      Scribner's Staff

    • Alex Large

      Scribner's Staff

    • Charlotte Longfield

      Scribner's Staff

    • Nick Mercer

      Scribner's Staff

    • Kim Rosenfeld

      Scribner's Staff

    • James Wallace

      Scribner's Staff

    • Katherine Kingsley

      Purring Woman

    • Richard Clark

      Guest at Purring Woman's Table

    • Stella McCabe

      Guest at Purring Woman's Table

    • Christopher Oram

      Guest at Purring Woman's Table

    • Mike Vessey

      Guest at Purring Woman's Table

    • Maddie Rice

      Actress

    • Ian Drysdale

      Actor

    • Alistair Sanderson

      Lighting Technician

    • Alexander Scrivens

      Lighting Technician

    • Cassandra Nina

      Woman at Bar

    • Pamela Okoroafor

      Woman at Bar

    • Kenji Fenton

      Band

    • Neville Malcolm

      Band

    • Winston Rollins

      Band

    • Chris Storr

      Band

    • Frank Tontoh

      Band

    • Jamal Crawford

      Dancer

    • Kemi Durosinmi

      Dancer

    • Jo Dyce

      Dancer

    • Kevin Ketti

      Dancer

    • Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa

      Dancer

    • Joshua Robinson

      Dancer

    • Andrew Byron

      Grand Central Station Conductor

    • Jane Perry

      John Hopkins Hospital Nurse

    • James Bierman

      Funeral Minister

    • Trina Dillon

      Effie Wolfe

    • Gary Thomsett

      Frank Wolfe

    • Mark Phillimore

      Frederick Wolfe

    • Avinashi Sharma

      Grandfather - Immigrant

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