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Genius

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

20161h 44mPG-13 6.5/ 10

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

  • Colin FirthMax Perkins
  • Jude LawThomas Wolfe
  • Nicole KidmanAline Bernstein
  • Laura LinneyLouise Saunders
  • Guy PearceF. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Dominic WestErnest Hemingway
  • Vanessa KirbyZelda Fitzgerald
  • Demetri GoritsasJohn Wheelock
  • H
    Harry AttwellAssistant Editor
  • Angela Sant'AlbanoBertha Perkins
  • E
    Eve BrackenZippy Perkins
  • G
    Gillian HannaJulia Wolfe
  • Corey JohnsonJohn Wheelock
  • Miquel BrownEleanor, Perkins' Maid
  • Rosy BenjaminScribner's Staff
  • Elaine CaulfieldMabel Wolfe

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