Movie·2016·1h 44m
Genius
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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// overview
The Story
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.
Producer
Michael Grandage, James Bierman
Cinematography
Ben Davis
Music
Adam Cork
Editor
Chris Dickens
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe
Corey Johnson
John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
Scribner's Staff
Elaine Caulfield
Mabel Wolfe
Richard Dempsey
Director
Katya Watson
Jane Perkins
// crew
Crew
Michael Grandage
Director, Producer
James Bierman
Producer
John Logan
Producer, Screenplay
Adam Cork
Original Music Composer
Chris Dickens
Editor
Ben Davis
Director of Photography
James J. Bagley
Executive Producer
A. Scott Berg
Executive Producer
Tim Bevan
Executive Producer
Nik Bower
Executive Producer
Tim Christian
Executive Producer
Ivan Dunleavy
Executive Producer
Arielle Tepper Madover
Executive Producer
Deepak Nayar
Executive Producer
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