Genius

Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.

Sinopse

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.

  • 6.5
  • 2016
  • Released
  • 1h 44m

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

Lorna Doherty

Peggy Perkins

Makenna McBrierty

Nancy Perkins

Lucy Briers

Miss Wyckoff

Ray Strasser King

James, Mailroom Clerk

David Altaner

Scribner's Staff

Charles Dinsdale

Scribner's Staff

Erick Hayden

Scribner's Staff

Kenneth Hazeldine

Scribner's Staff

Oliver King

Scribner's Staff

Alex Large

Scribner's Staff

Charlotte Longfield

Scribner's Staff

Nick Mercer

Scribner's Staff

Kim Rosenfeld

Scribner's Staff

James Wallace

Scribner's Staff

Katherine Kingsley

Purring Woman

Richard Clark

Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Stella McCabe

Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Mike Vessey

Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Maddie Rice

Actress

Ian Drysdale

Actor

Alistair Sanderson

Lighting Technician

Alexander Scrivens

Lighting Technician

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

Jo Dyce

Dancer

Kevin Ketti

Dancer

Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa

Dancer

Joshua Robinson

Dancer

Andrew Byron

Grand Central Station Conductor

Jane Perry

John Hopkins Hospital Nurse

Trina Dillon

Effie Wolfe

Gary Thomsett

Frank Wolfe

Mark Phillimore

Frederick Wolfe
Status

Released

Original Language

en

Revenue

$5,681,622.00

Keywords
  • #new york city
  • #biography
  • #writer
  • #book editor
  • #novelist
  • #editor
  • #1930s

Reviews

Geronimo1967
@Geronimo1967over 1 year ago

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 (Colin Firth) bucks that trend by giving him a chance. Now there are some editorial caveats to this commission - not least some substantial shaving of hundreds of the pages, but the two start to work to

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@tmdb28039023over 3 years ago

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; accordingly, editor Max Perkins (Colin Firth) is devoted as much time and importance as is Wolfe (Jude Law) himself. Both have significant others, and we know, because they are played by Nicole Kidman

Rangan
@Ranganalmost 9 years ago

**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 undertaking than any other stuffs and that's why it looked like a genius from others eyes. Though I won't deny the experience always comes very handy. This film tells the story of ant editor and how he

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