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Movie PG-13

Genius (2016)

Jun 10, 2016 · 1h 44m

6.5/10 TMDB user score
738 votes on TMDB

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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Top cast

  • 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
  • Eve Bracken Zippy Perkins
  • Gillian Hanna Julia Wolfe
  • Corey Johnson Corey Johnson John Wheelock
  • Miquel Brown Miquel Brown Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
  • Rosy Benjamin Rosy Benjamin Scribner's Staff
  • Elaine Caulfield Elaine Caulfield Mabel Wolfe

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