Genius (2016)
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
104 min
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 date
- June 10, 2016
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Box office
- $5,681,622
Trailer
Cast
- Colin Firth as Max Perkins
- Jude Law as Thomas Wolfe
- Nicole Kidman as Aline Bernstein
- Laura Linney as Louise Perkins
- Guy Pearce as F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway
- Vanessa Kirby as Zelda Fitzgerald
- Gillian Hanna as Julia Wolfe
- Angela Sant'Albano as Bertha Perkins
- Eve Bracken as Zippy Perkins
Crew
- Michael Grandage · Director
- John Logan · Writer
- A. Scott Berg · Writer
- James Bierman · Producer
- Michael Grandage · Producer
- John Logan · Producer
- Adam Cork · Composer
- Ben Davis · Cinematographer
- Chris Dickens · Editor
- Jina Jay · Casting director
- Mark Digby · Production designer