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Genius

MOVIE • 2016

Genius

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

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Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Sant'Albano

Angela Sant'Albano

Bertha Perkins

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Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

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Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

John Wheelock

Miquel Brown

Miquel Brown

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

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Status

Released

Release

June 10, 2016

Runtime

104 min

Language

English

Origin

United Kingdom

Budget

N/A

Revenue

$5,681,622