Genius
★ 6.5·2016·1h 44min·Drama and History
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
Overview
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.
- Director
- Michael Grandage
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Jun 10, 2016)
Where to watch
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Cast
40 people
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- HAHarry AttwellAssistant Editor
Angela Sant'AlbanoBertha Perkins- EBEve BrackenZippy Perkins
- GHGillian HannaJulia Wolfe
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Corey JohnsonJohn Wheelock
Miquel BrownEleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy BenjaminScribner's Staff
Elaine CaulfieldMabel Wolfe- RDRichard DempseyDirector
- KWKatya WatsonJane Perkins
- LDLorna DohertyPeggy Perkins
- MMMakenna McBriertyNancy Perkins
Lucy BriersMiss Wyckoff
Ray Strasser KingJames, Mailroom Clerk- DADavid AltanerScribner's Staff
- CDCharles DinsdaleScribner's Staff
Erick HaydenScribner's Staff- KHKenneth HazeldineScribner's Staff
- OKOliver KingScribner's Staff
- ALAlex LargeScribner's Staff
- CLCharlotte LongfieldScribner's Staff
Nick MercerScribner's Staff- KRKim RosenfeldScribner's Staff
James WallaceScribner's Staff
Katherine KingsleyPurring Woman- RCRichard ClarkGuest at Purring Woman's Table
- SMStella McCabeGuest at Purring Woman's Table
- COChristopher OramGuest at Purring Woman's Table
- MVMike VesseyGuest at Purring Woman's Table
Maddie RiceActress
Ian DrysdaleActor- ASAlistair SandersonLighting Technician
Crew
Directing
Writing
Production12
- James Bierman
- John Logan
- Michael Grandage
- Tracey Seaward
- A. Scott BergExecutive Producer
- Arielle Tepper MadoverExecutive Producer
- Deepak NayarExecutive Producer
- Ivan DunleavyExecutive Producer
- James J. BagleyExecutive Producer
- Nik BowerExecutive Producer
- Tim BevanExecutive Producer
- Tim ChristianExecutive Producer
