Genius (2016) Movie poster and book cover compared.

Genius

Michael Grandage, 2016

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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
A. Scott Berg, 1978

Genius is a movie directed by Michael Grandage in 2016 and based on the book Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg, first published in 1978. The movie features Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Laura Linney, Guy Pearce, Dominic West, and others.

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RATING

6.6

/ 10

Movie Poster: Genius (Michael Grandage, 2016)

8.6

/ 10

Book Cover: Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (A. Scott Berg, 1978)

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Storyline

In New York City in 1929, Maxwell Perkins, a successful Scribner’s editor and discoverer of talented authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, lives in a cottage just outside the city with his wife and five daughters. One day, in his office, he reads the drafts of O Lost, a novel by Thomas Wolfe. Struck by the content, Perkins decides to publish it and begins to collaborate with the author.

Movie vs Book

Poster of Genius, the 2016 movie by Michael Grandage

Year

2016

Minutes

104

Movie Rate

6.60

Source: IMDb

Movie

Genius

Country: UK

Year: 2016

Length: 1h44m

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Cover of Max Perkins: Editor of Genius, the 1978 book by A. Scott Berg

Year

1978

Pages

512

Book Rate

8.66

S: Goodreads

Book

Max Perkins: Editor of Genius

Country: USA

First published in: 1978

Length: 512 pages

Genre: Biography

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