Movie
Genius
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
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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Synopsis
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.
More about 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 WheelockCredits
- Directed by
- Michael Grandage
- Written by
- John Logan, A. Scott Berg
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $5.7M
Production
- Pinewood PicturesUnited Kingdom
- Desert Wolf Productions
- Michael Grandage Company
Riverstone PicturesUnited Kingdom
Summit EntertainmentUnited States
