Genius
Michael Grandage2016-06-10
Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.
6.483
104 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Colin Firth | Max Perkins | Zac E. Chan |
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Jude Law | Thomas Wolfe | Hangin with Mr. Cooper |
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Nicole Kidman | Aline Bernstein | Goutbreak |
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Laura Linney | Louise Saunders | Goutbreak |
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Guy Pearce | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Zac E. Chan |
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Dominic West | Ernest Hemingway | Unowned |
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Vanessa Kirby | Zelda Fitzgerald | Zac E. Chan |
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Demetri Goritsas | John Wheelock | Unowned |
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Harry Attwell | Assistant Editor | Unowned |
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Angela Ashton | Bertha Perkins | Unowned |
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Eve Bracken | Zippy Perkins | Unowned |
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Gillian Hanna | Julia Wolfe | Unowned |
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Corey Johnson | John Wheelock | Unowned |
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Miquel Brown | Eleanor, Perkins' Maid | Unowned |
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Rosy Benjamin | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Elaine Caulfield | Mabel Wolfe | Unowned |
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Richard Dempsey | Director | Unowned |
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Katya Watson | Jane Perkins | Unowned |
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Lorna Doherty | Peggy Perkins | Unowned |
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Makenna McBrierty | Nancy Perkins | Unowned |
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Lucy Briers | Miss Wyckoff | Unowned |
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Ray Strasser King | James, Mailroom Clerk | Unowned |
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David Altaner | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Charles Dinsdale | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Erick Hayden | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Kenneth Hazeldine | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Oliver King | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Alex Large | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Charlotte Longfield | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Nick Mercer | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Kim Rosenfeld | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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James Wallace | Scribner's Staff | Unowned |
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Katherine Kingsley | Purring Woman | Unowned |
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Richard Clark | Guest at Purring Woman's Table | Unowned |
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Stella McCabe | Guest at Purring Woman's Table | Unowned |
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Christopher Oram | Guest at Purring Woman's Table | Unowned |
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Mike Vessey | Guest at Purring Woman's Table | Unowned |
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Maddie Rice | Actress | Unowned |
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Ian Drysdale | Actor | Unowned |
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Alistair Sanderson | Lighting Technician | Unowned |
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Alexander Scrivens | Lighting Technician | Unowned |
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Cassandra Nina | Woman at Bar | Unowned |
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Pamela Okoroafor | Woman at Bar | Unowned |
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Kenji Fenton | Band | Unowned |
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Neville Malcolm | Band | Unowned |
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Winston Rollins | Band | Unowned |
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Chris Storr | Band | Unowned |
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Frank Tontoh | Band | Unowned |
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Jamal Crawford | Dancer | Unowned |
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Kemi Durosinmi | Dancer | Unowned |
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Jo Dyce | Dancer | Unowned |
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Kevin Ketti | Dancer | Unowned |
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Lesley Mutombo-Agbepa | Dancer | Unowned |
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Joshua Robinson | Dancer | Unowned |
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Andrew Byron | Grand Central Station Conductor | Unowned |
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Jane Perry | John Hopkins Hospital Nurse | Unowned |
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James Bierman | Funeral Minister | Unowned |
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Trina Dillon | Effie Wolfe | Unowned |
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Gary Thomsett | Frank Wolfe | Unowned |
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Mark Phillimore | Frederick Wolfe | Unowned |
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Avinashi Sharma | Grandfather - Immigrant | Unowned |