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Feature film — 2016

Genius (2016)

6.51h 44mHistory — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 738 votes.

Pinewood Pictures / Desert Wolf Productions / Michael Grandage Company / Riverstone Pictures / Summit Entertainment

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Director: Michael Grandage

On screen

Cast & crew

Colin Firth as Max Perkins

Colin Firth

Max Perkins

Jude Law as Thomas Wolfe

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman as Aline Bernstein

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney as Louise Saunders

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce as F. Scott Fitzgerald

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West as Ernest Hemingway

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby as Zelda Fitzgerald

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas as John Wheelock

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

H

Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Sant'Albano as Bertha Perkins

Angela Sant'Albano

Bertha Perkins

E

Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

G

Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

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