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Genius (2016)

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.

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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
  • Richard Dempsey Director
  • Katya Watson Jane Perkins

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