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.
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Colin Firth
Max Perkins
Jude Law
Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
Bertha Perkins
Eve Bracken
Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
Julia Wolfe
Corey Johnson
John Wheelock
Miquel Brown
Eleanor, Perkins' Maid
Rosy Benjamin
Scribner's Staff
Michael Grandage
Director, Producer
John Logan
Screenplay, Producer
A. Scott Berg
Novel, Executive Producer
Tim Bevan
Executive Producer
Deepak Nayar
Executive Producer
Nik Bower
Executive Producer
Ivan Dunleavy
Executive Producer
Tim Christian
Executive Producer
James J. Bagley
Executive Producer
Arielle Tepper Madover
Executive Producer
Tracey Seaward
Producer
James Bierman
Producer
Ben Davis
Director of Photography
Adam Cork
Original Music Composer
Chris Dickens
Editor
