Genius

Genius

104 mins | Drama, History | June 10, 2016

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.

Genius

104 mins | Drama, History | June 10, 2016

Genius
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Summit Entertainment, Desert Wolf Productions, Michael Grandage Company, Pinewood Pictures, Riverstone Pictures
Original title Genius
Directors Michael Grandage
Writers A. Scott Berg, John Logan

Cast

Colin Firth

as Max Perkins

Jude Law

as Thomas Wolfe

Nicole Kidman

as Aline Bernstein

Laura Linney

as Louise Saunders

Guy Pearce

as F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dominic West

as Ernest Hemingway

Vanessa Kirby

as Zelda Fitzgerald

Demetri Goritsas

as John Wheelock

Harry Attwell

as Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton

as Bertha Perkins

Eve Bracken

as Zippy Perkins

Gillian Hanna

as Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson

as John Wheelock

Miquel Brown

as Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin

as Scribner's Staff

Elaine Caulfield

as Mabel Wolfe

Richard Dempsey

as Director

Katya Watson

as Jane Perkins

Lorna Doherty

as Peggy Perkins

Makenna McBrierty

as Nancy Perkins

Lucy Briers

as Miss Wyckoff

Ray Strasser King

as James, Mailroom Clerk

David Altaner

as Scribner's Staff

Charles Dinsdale

as Scribner's Staff

Erick Hayden

as Scribner's Staff

Kenneth Hazeldine

as Scribner's Staff

Oliver King

as Scribner's Staff

Alex Large

as Scribner's Staff

Charlotte Longfield

as Scribner's Staff

Nick Mercer

as Scribner's Staff

Kim Rosenfeld

as Scribner's Staff

James Wallace

as Scribner's Staff

Katherine Kingsley

as Purring Woman

Richard Clark

as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Stella McCabe

as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Christopher Oram

as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Mike Vessey

as Guest at Purring Woman's Table

Maddie Rice

as Actress

Ian Drysdale

as Actor

Alistair Sanderson

as Lighting Technician

Alexander Scrivens

as Lighting Technician

Cassandra Nina

as Woman at Bar

Pamela Okoroafor

as Woman at Bar

Kenji Fenton

as Band

Neville Malcolm

as Band

Winston Rollins

as Band

Chris Storr

as Band

Frank Tontoh

as Band

Jamal Crawford

as Dancer

Kemi Durosinmi

as Dancer

Jo Dyce

as Dancer

Kevin Ketti

as Dancer

Joshua Robinson

as Dancer

Andrew Byron

as Grand Central Station Conductor

Jane Perry

as John Hopkins Hospital Nurse

James Bierman

as Funeral Minister

Trina Dillon

as Effie Wolfe

Gary Thomsett

as Frank Wolfe

Mark Phillimore

as Frederick Wolfe