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Genius

6.520161h 44mPG-13MovieHistoryDrama

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.

DirectorMichael Grandage
WriterJohn Logan
ProducersJames Bierman·Michael Grandage

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Cast · Directed by Michael Grandage

CFColin Firth
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
JLJude Law
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
NKNicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
LLLaura Linney
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
GPGuy Pearce
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
DWDominic West
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
VKVanessa Kirby
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
DGDemetri Goritsas
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
HA
Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor
ASAngela Sant'Albano
Angela Sant'Albano
Bertha Perkins
EB
Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
GH
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe

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Genius is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels and Kanopy in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. It's not currently on Netflix.

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Genius is available to stream free (with ads) on Kanopy and Hoopla in United States.

Is Genius based on a true story?

Yes — Genius is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).