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Genius

6.520161h 44mPGMovieHistoryDrama

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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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Michael Grandage

Colin Firth
Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Jude Law
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
Eve Bracken
Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe

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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).