Film
Genius
2016· PG-13· 1h 44m· Drama· History
“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
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.
2016-06-10
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Key Crew
DirectorMichael Grandage
ScreenplayJohn Logan
ProducerJames Bierman
Director of PhotographyBen Davis
Original Music ComposerAdam Cork
EditorChris Dickens
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 38 crew)
Details
Released2016-06-10
Runtime1h 44m · PG-13
StatusReleased
StudiosPinewood Pictures · Desert Wolf Productions · Michael Grandage Company
Box office$6M
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited Kingdom · United States of America
Rating6.5/10 · 725 votes
Original languageen
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