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Genius

Genius2016

★6.5104 minHistoryDrama

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.

Director

Michael Grandage

Writer

Score

Stars

Colin Firth Jude Law Nicole Kidman

Cast60

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
H
Harry Attwell
as Assistant Editor
Angela Sant'Albano
as Bertha Perkins
E
Eve Bracken
as Zippy Perkins
G
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
R
Richard Dempsey
as Director
K
Katya Watson
as Jane Perkins
L
Lorna Doherty
as Peggy Perkins
M
Makenna McBrierty
as Nancy Perkins
Lucy Briers
as Miss Wyckoff
Ray Strasser King
as James, Mailroom Clerk
D
David Altaner
as Scribner's Staff
C
Charles Dinsdale
as Scribner's Staff
Erick Hayden
as Scribner's Staff
K
Kenneth Hazeldine
as Scribner's Staff
O
Oliver King
as Scribner's Staff
A
Alex Large
as Scribner's Staff
C
Charlotte Longfield
as Scribner's Staff
Nick Mercer
as Scribner's Staff
K
Kim Rosenfeld
as Scribner's Staff
James Wallace
as Scribner's Staff
Katherine Kingsley
as Purring Woman
R
Richard Clark
as Guest at Purring Woman's Table
S
Stella McCabe
as Guest at Purring Woman's Table
C
Christopher Oram
as Guest at Purring Woman's Table
M
Mike Vessey
as Guest at Purring Woman's Table
Maddie Rice
as Actress
Ian Drysdale
as Actor
A
Alistair Sanderson
as Lighting Technician
A
Alexander Scrivens
as Lighting Technician
C
Cassandra Nina
as Woman at Bar
P
Pamela Okoroafor
as Woman at Bar
K
Kenji Fenton
as Band
N
Neville Malcolm
as Band
W
Winston Rollins
as Band
C
Chris Storr
as Band
F
Frank Tontoh
as Band
J
Jamal Crawford
as Dancer
K
Kemi Durosinmi
as Dancer
J
Jo Dyce
as Dancer
K
Kevin Ketti
as Dancer
L
Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa
as Dancer
J
Joshua Robinson
as Dancer
Andrew Byron
as Grand Central Station Conductor
Jane Perry
as John Hopkins Hospital Nurse
J
James Bierman
as Funeral Minister
T
Trina Dillon
as Effie Wolfe
G
Gary Thomsett
as Frank Wolfe
M
Mark Phillimore
as Frederick Wolfe

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