Genius

Resource Information

The work Genius represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Santa Clara County Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Genius

Statement of responsibility

Summit Entertainment and Riverstone Pictures present in association with Pinewood Pictures and Filmnation Entertainment ; a Desert Wolf Productions and MGC production ; producers, James J. Bagley [and five others] ; screenplay by John Logan ; directed by Michael Grandage

Contributor

• Cork, Adam
• West, Dominic, 1970-
• FilmNation Entertainment (Firm)
• Firth, Colin, 1960-
• Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
• Linney, Laura
• Pearce, Guy, 1967-
• Dickens, Chris
• Roadside Attractions (Firm)
• Logan, John, 1961-
• Pinewood Pictures
• Law, Jude, 1972-
• Desert Wolf Productions
• Grandage, Michael
• Bagley, James J.
• Summit Entertainment
• Berg, A. Scott, (Andrew Scott)
• Michael Grandage Company
• Davis, Ben, 1961-

Actor

• West, Dominic, 1970-
• Firth, Colin, 1960-
• Kidman, Nicole, 1967-
• Linney, Laura
• Pearce, Guy, 1967-
• Law, Jude, 1972-

Composer

• Cork, Adam

Director of photography

• Davis, Ben, 1961-

Editor

• Dickens, Chris

Film director

• Grandage, Michael

Film distributor

• FilmNation Entertainment (Firm)

Film producer

• Bagley, James J.

Presenter

• Summit Entertainment

Production company

• Pinewood Pictures
• Desert Wolf Productions
• Michael Grandage Company

Publisher

• Roadside Attractions (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Logan, John, 1961-
• Berg, A. Scott, (Andrew Scott)

Subject

• Book editors -- United States -- Drama
• Drama
• Historical films
• Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Biographical films
• Feature films
• Biographical films
• Film adaptations
• Editors -- United States -- Drama
• Historical films
• United States
• Editors
• Fiction films
• Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938 -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Feature films
• Book editors
• Perkins, Maxwell E., (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947 -- Drama
• Perkins, Maxwell E., (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947

Genre

• Feature films
• Biographical films
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Fiction films
• Historical films

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A stirring drama about the complex friendship and transformative professional relationship between book editor Maxwell Perkins (who discovered F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway) and Thomas Wolfe

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music composed by Adam Cork; editor, Chris Dickens; director of photography, Ben Davis

Dewey number

791.43/42

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13 for some thematic elements and suggestive content

Language note

English dialogue; English or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH)

LC call number

MVC PN1997.2

LC item number

.G46 2016

PerformerNote

Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Colin Firth, Guy Pearce, Laura Linney, Dominic West

Runtime

104

Technique

live action