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.

Cast

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

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Harry Attwell

Assistant Editor

Angela Ashton

Bertha Perkins

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Eve Bracken

Zippy Perkins

Gillian Hanna

Julia Wolfe

Corey Johnson

John Wheelock

Miquel Brown

Eleanor, Perkins' Maid

Rosy Benjamin

Scribner's Staff

Elaine Caulfield

Mabel Wolfe

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Richard Dempsey

Director

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Katya Watson

Jane Perkins

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Lorna Doherty

Peggy Perkins

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Makenna McBrierty

Nancy Perkins

Lucy Briers

Miss Wyckoff

Ray Strasser King

James, Mailroom Clerk

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David Altaner

Scribner's Staff

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Charles Dinsdale

Scribner's Staff

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