GENIUS
synopsis
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, literary editor at Scribner’s Sons 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 named Thomas Wolfe falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius. Together the two men set out to work on a version for publication and a seemingly endless struggle over every single phrase ensues. During this process, Perkins the gentle family man and Wolfe the eccentric author become close – a relationship eyed with suspicion by their wives. When ‘Look Homeward, Angel’ becomes a resounding success, the writer grows increasingly paranoid.
international title: | Genius |
original title: | Genius |
country: | United States, United Kingdom |
sales agent: | FilmNation Entertainment [US] |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michael Grandage |
film run: | 104' |
release date: | SE 12/02/2016, FR 27/07/2016 |
screenplay: | John Logan |
cast: | Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Dominic West, Guy Pearce, Vanessa Kirby |
cinematography by: | Ben Davis |
film editing: | Chris Dickens |
art director: | Mark Digby |
costumes designer: | Jane Petrie |
music: | Adam Cork |
producer: | Michael Grandage, James Bierman, John Logan |
co-producer: | Tracey Seaward |
production: | Riverstone Pictures, Michael Grandage Company, Desert Wolf Productions [US] |
distributor: | Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, Future Film Oy Ab, Telepool, Seven Films, Mars Films Distribution |