UNITED KINGDOM · 2016

Genius

Michael Grandage
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Synopsis

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.

Year2016
CountryUnited Kingdom
DirectorMichael Grandage
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