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Genius
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.
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“Max Perkins discovered Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. But he never met anyone like Thomas Wolfe.”
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- Jun 10, 2016
- 1h 44m
- English
- Michael Grandage
- John Logan, A. Scott Berg, A. Scott Berg
- Released
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- $5.7M
Pinewood PicturesDesert Wolf ProductionsMichael Grandage Company
