CinemaOSMovie · 2016 · 1h 44m · PG-13
Genius

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

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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.

Directed byMichael Grandage

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
EN
Released
June 10, 2016
Revenue
$5,681,622
Studios
Riverstone PicturesSummit EntertainmentPinewood Pictures

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1 video
Official Trailer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Max Perkins

Jude Law

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Sant'Albano

Angela Sant'Albano

Bertha Perkins

Creative team
Directed by
Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage
Written by
John Logan
John Logan
Produced by
James Bierman
Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage

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