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The Professor and the Madman(2019)

The incredible true story that defined our world.

7.1(1,291)2h 4m2019-03-07

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Overview

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.

Director:: Farhad Safinia
Writers:: John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia
Producers:: Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Gastón Pavlovich
Cinematographer:: Kasper Tuxen
Composer:: Bear McCreary
Production:: Fastnet Films, 22H22, Caviar Antwerp NV, Definition Films, Zik Zak Filmworks, Voltage Pictures, Fábrica de Cine, Icon Productions
Budget:: $25,000,000
Revenue:: $4,957,273
Status:: Released

Trailer

Cast

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

James Murray

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Dr. William Chester Minor

Natalie Dormer

Natalie Dormer

Eliza Merrett

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Muncie

Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle

Ada Murray

Jeremy Irvine

Jeremy Irvine

Charles Hall

David O'Hara

David O'Hara

Church

Anthony Andrews

Anthony Andrews

Benjamin Jowett

Ioan Gruffudd

Ioan Gruffudd

Henry Bradley

Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane

Dr. Richard Brayne

Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan

Frederick James Furnivall

Laurence Fox

Laurence Fox

Philip Lyttelton Gell