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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Cast
60 people
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Known for
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The King's Speech
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Known for
Sherlock Holmes
Captain Marvel
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Known for
The Others
Eyes Wide Shut
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Known for
The Truman Show
Ozark
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Known for
Memento
Iron Man 3
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
Known for
The Wire
300
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
Known for
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
The Crown
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
Known for
Saving Private Ryan
The Bourne Identity
Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor
Known for
The Night Manager
Love Again
Angela Sant'Albano
Bertha Perkins
Known for
The Nevers
Industry
Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
No other roles listed
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe
Known for
Les Misérables
Oliver Twist
Michael Grandage Director · John Logan Screenplay A. Scott Berg Author
Worldwide gross $5.7M · Budget $17M · United States release June 10, 2016
Box office
Budget
$17,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,681,622
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Pinewood Pictures
Production
Desert Wolf Productions
Production
Michael Grandage Company
Production
Riverstone Pictures
Production
Summit Entertainment
Production
Lionsgate
Studio
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · February 16, 2016
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · June 10, 2016
Theatrical
Brazil
September 22, 2016 · Theatrical
Canada
June 10, 2016 · Limited theatrical
Denmark
September 28, 2016 · Limited theatrical
France
July 27, 2016 · Theatrical
Germany
August 11, 2016 · Theatrical
Greece
June 23, 2016 · Theatrical
December 9, 2016 · Physical · DVD
Italy
November 8, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
October 7, 2016 · Digital
Lithuania
July 15, 2016 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 5, 2016 · Theatrical
Russia
July 7, 2016 · Theatrical · 16+
South Korea
April 13, 2017 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 10, 2016 · Theatrical
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