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.
Colin Firth
as Max Perkins
Jude Law
as Thomas Wolfe
Nicole Kidman
as Aline Bernstein
Laura Linney
as Louise Saunders
Guy Pearce
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dominic West
as Ernest Hemingway
Vanessa Kirby
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Demetri Goritsas
as John Wheelock
Harry Attwell
as Assistant Editor
Angela Ashton
as Bertha Perkins
Eve Bracken
as Zippy Perkins
Gillian Hanna
as Julia Wolfe
