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Genius

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.

Cast

Colin Firth poster

Colin Firth

Max Perkins

Jude Law poster

Jude Law

Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman poster

Nicole Kidman

Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney poster

Laura Linney

Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce poster

Guy Pearce

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West poster

Dominic West

Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby poster

Vanessa Kirby

Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas poster

Demetri Goritsas

John Wheelock

Harry Attwell poster

Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton poster

Angela Ashton

Bertha Perkins

Eve Bracken poster

Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

Gillian Hanna poster

Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson poster

Corey Johnson

John Wheelock

Miquel Brown poster

Miquel Brown

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin poster

Rosy Benjamin

Scribner's Staff