天才捕手 (Genius)

《天才捕手》剧情简介：上世纪20年代末，默默无闻的托马斯·沃尔夫（裘德·洛 Jude Law 饰）怀揣文学梦来到纽约，而他冗长的自传体小说被曾一手发掘过菲兹杰拉德、海明威等作家的文学编辑麦克斯·珀金斯（科林·费尔斯 Colin Firth 饰）看中。珀金斯大刀阔斧地为沃尔夫删减文章篇幅，最后该书出版时大获成功，沃尔夫也成为了文学界新星，而这本书正是他流传后世的著名小说《天使，望故乡》。 在此之后，珀金斯和沃尔夫更加紧密地合作，但他们的亲近引起了沃尔夫女友（妮可·基德曼 Nicole Kidman 饰）的嫉妒。在沃尔夫第二本小说的即将面世之时，三人之间关系却愈发微妙。一边是发掘自己的伯乐，一边是相处多年的女友，他将如何抉择……

When, one day in 1929, writer Thomas Wolfe decided to keep the appointment made by Max Perkins, editor at Scribner's, he had no illusions: his manuscript would be turned down as had invariably been the case. But, to his happy amazement, his novel, which was to become "Look Homeward, Angel," was accepted for publication. The only trouble was that it was overlong (by 300 pages) and had to be reduced. Although reluctant to see his poetic prose trimmed, Wolfe agreed and was helped by Perkins, who had become a true friend, with the result that it instantly became a favorite with the critics and a best seller. Success was even greater in 1935 when "Of Time and the River" appeared, but the fight for reducing Wolfe's logorrheic written expression had been even harder, with the novel originally at 5,000 pages. Perkins managed to cut 90,000 words from the book, and with bitterness ultimately taking its toll, the relationships between the two men gradually deteriorated. Wolfe did not feel ...