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Genius
Synopsis
A chronicle of Max Perkins' time as book editor at Scribner. A renowned and highly respected literary editor, Perkins oversaw seminal works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Genius' centres on Perkins' relationship with literary giant Thomas Wolfe, a blazing talent with a larger-than-life personality. They formed a complex, transformative and irrepressible friendship that changed the lives of these brilliant but very different men forever.
Berlinale 2016 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 96 mins
- Director
- Michael Grandage 1st Feature
- Producer
- James Bierman, Michael Grandage, John Logan
- Co-Producer
- Tracey Seaward
- Executive Producer
- Deepak Nayer, Nik Bower, James J Bagley, A Scott Berg, Tim Bevan, Steve Christian, Ivan Dunleavy, Arielle Tepper Madover
- Editor
- Chris Dickens
- Screenwriter
- John Logan (screenplay), A. Scott Berg (nonfiction book)
- Director of Photography
- Ben Davis
- Production Designer
- Mark Digby
- Sound
- Supervising Sound Editor: Ian Wilson
- Music
- Adam Cork
- Principal Cast
- Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce, Dominic West, Vanessa Kirby
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 22nd April 2016
