The Professor and the Madman

The incredible true story that defined our world.

2019 · 2 h 04 · Belgium, France, Ireland, Iceland, Mexico, United States · English

Drama
History

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

Directed by: Farhad Safinia
Written by: Farhad Safinia, Todd Komarnicki, John Boorman
Based on: Simon Winchester

Cast

Mel Gibson
James Murray
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan
Muncie
Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall
David O'Hara
Church
Anthony Andrews
Benjamin Jowett
Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell

Keywords

based on novel or book
biography
19th century
based on true story
professor
lunatic asylum
mental patient
dictionary

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