Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Tagline
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
Overview
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.
Director
Michael Grandage
Screenplay
John Logan
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$5,681,622.00
Original Language
English
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Cast
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzge...
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingwa...
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgeral...
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
Assistant Edito...
Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe
Corey Johnson
John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
Eleanor, Perkin...
Rosy Benjamin
Scribner's Staf...
Elaine Caulfield
Mabel Wolfe
Richard Dempsey
Director
Katya Watson
Jane Perkins
Lorna Doherty
Peggy Perkins
Makenna McBriert...
Nancy Perkins
Lucy Briers
Miss Wyckoff
Ray Strasser Kin...
James, Mailroom...
David Altaner
Scribner's Staf...
Charles Dinsdale
Scribner's Staf...
Erick Hayden
Scribner's Staf...
Kenneth Hazeldin...
Scribner's Staf...
Oliver King
Scribner's Staf...
Alex Large
Scribner's Staf...
Charlotte Longfi...
Scribner's Staf...
Nick Mercer
Scribner's Staf...
Kim Rosenfeld
Scribner's Staf...
James Wallace
Scribner's Staf...
Katherine Kingsl...
Purring Woman
Richard Clark
Guest at Purrin...
Stella McCabe
Guest at Purrin...
Christopher Oram
Guest at Purrin...
Mike Vessey
Guest at Purrin...
Maddie Rice
Actress
Ian Drysdale
Actor
Alistair Sanders...
Lighting Techni...
Alexander Scrive...
Lighting Techni...
Cassandra Nina
Woman at Bar
Pamela Okoroafor
Woman at Bar
Kenji Fenton
Band
Neville Malcolm
Band
Winston Rollins
Band
Chris Storr
Band
Frank Tontoh
Band
Jamal Crawford
Dancer
Kemi Durosinmi
Dancer
Jo Dyce
Dancer
Kevin Ketti
Dancer
Lesley Mutombo-A...
Dancer
Joshua Robinson
Dancer
Andrew Byron
Grand Central S...
Jane Perry
John Hopkins Ho...
James Bierman
Funeral Ministe...
Trina Dillon
Effie Wolfe
Gary Thomsett
Frank Wolfe
Mark Phillimore
Frederick Wolfe
Avinashi Sharma
Grandfather - I...
Featured Reviews
**Behind a great writer, there's a genius editor!** I felt the title 'Genius' was not appropriate for how the story revolved in the film. It was more like a commitment and priority given to those u ...Show More
The genius of Genius is that, although it revolves around the publication of Thomas Wolfe’s novels Look Homeward, Angel and Of Time and the River, it’s not a film about writing but about editing; acco ...Show More
This is one of Jude Law's better characterisations as he plays troubled writer Thomas Wolfe. His almost biblical tomes don't exactly excite most literary agents but the well established Max Perkins (C ...Show More
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