Genius

Directed by Michael Grandage
2016    1h 44m    PG-13
Drama, History, Biography
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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 of Genius
  • Colin FirthMax Perkins
  • Jude LawThomas Wolfe
  • Nicole KidmanAline Bernstein
  • Laura LinneyLouise Saunders
  • Guy PearceF. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Dominic WestErnest Hemingway
  • Vanessa KirbyZelda Fitzgerald
  • Demetri GoritsasJohn Wheelock
  • Harry AttwellAssistant Editor
  • Angela AshtonBertha Perkins
  • Eve BrackenZippy Perkins
  • Gillian HannaJulia Wolfe
  • Corey JohnsonJohn Wheelock
  • Miquel BrownEleanor, Perkins' Maid
  • Rosy BenjaminScribner's Staff
  • Elaine CaulfieldMabel Wolfe
  • Richard DempseyDirector
  • Katya WatsonJane Perkins
  • Lorna DohertyPeggy Perkins
  • Makenna McBriertyNancy Perkins
  • Lucy BriersMiss Wyckoff
  • Ray Strasser KingJames, Mailroom Clerk
  • David AltanerScribner's Staff
  • Charles DinsdaleScribner's Staff
  • Erick HaydenScribner's Staff
  • Kenneth HazeldineScribner's Staff
  • Oliver KingScribner's Staff
  • Alex LargeScribner's Staff
  • Charlotte LongfieldScribner's Staff
  • Nick MercerScribner's Staff
  • Kim RosenfeldScribner's Staff
  • James WallaceScribner's Staff
  • Katherine KingsleyPurring Woman
  • Richard ClarkGuest at Purring Woman's Table
  • Stella McCabeGuest at Purring Woman's Table
  • Christopher OramGuest at Purring Woman's Table
  • Mike VesseyGuest at Purring Woman's Table
  • Maddie RiceActress
  • Ian DrysdaleActor
  • Alistair SandersonLighting Technician
  • Alexander ScrivensLighting Technician
  • Cassandra NinaWoman at Bar
  • Pamela OkoroaforWoman at Bar
  • Kenji FentonBand
  • Neville MalcolmBand
  • Winston RollinsBand
  • Chris StorrBand
  • Frank TontohBand
  • Jamal CrawfordDancer
  • Kemi DurosinmiDancer
  • Jo DyceDancer
  • Kevin KettiDancer
  • Lesley Mutombo-AgbepaDancer
  • Joshua RobinsonDancer
  • Andrew ByronGrand Central Station Conductor
  • Jane PerryJohn Hopkins Hospital Nurse
  • James BiermanFuneral Minister
  • Trina DillonEffie Wolfe
  • Gary ThomsettFrank Wolfe
  • Mark PhillimoreFrederick Wolfe
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  • Genius: Trust Me
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  • Genius: I'm A Writer
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