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Apr 12, 2019 · Film Review: Mel Gibson in ‘The Professor and the Madman’. Mel Gibson’s problem-plagued project finally gets released with an invented director’s name and a minuscule chance of earning much...
May 10, 2019 · The Professor and the Madman. “The Professor and the Madman” is the latest fiasco in bad movie history—what was once a dream project for Mel Gibson (who acquired the rights way back in 1998), and meant to be the directorial debut for his “Apocalypto” co-writer Farhad Safinia, has now become a black eye for the two.
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- If Love… Then What?
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William Chester Minor is in London and is convinced that someone is after him. The combination of paranoia and mental illness proves to be fatal when he shoots a stranger named George Merrett. By reason of insanity, William is found not guilty and is sent to the psychiatric facility, Broadmoor. On the other hand, we have James Murray. He interviews...
James and the widower, Eliza, go to meet William at the hospital after learning about the harsh treatment. Dr. Richard Brayne tries to interfere, but Muncie stops him from doing so. Again, Eliza asks William, “If love… then what?” The last time, he responded by saying that if they were in love, then there was no scope for his redemption. But she wa...
This question is not just a declaration of love or a request for answers. It holds a deeper meaning, especially for William and Eliza. After all, had he not taught her to read in the first place, she would never have been able to hand him this note. One can also argue that the unfortunate and destructive chain of events that follow in his life coul...
James gets his hands on photos where he sees that William is being made to throw up incessantly in the psychiatric facility. Concerned, he first visits Eliza who then goes with him to the hospital. There, they find a rendition of William that they do not recognize. It is only when she tells him “if love, then love” that he gets tears in his eyes (w...
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The Professor and the Madman. (film) The Professor and the Madman is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Farhad Safinia (under the pseudonym P. B. Shemran), from a screenplay by Safinia and Todd Komarnicki based on the 1998 book The Surgeon of Crowthorne (published in the United States as The Professor and the Madman) by Simon Winchester.
May 10, 2019 · The Professor and the Madman is a historical drama based on the true story of how the Oxford English Dictionary was created. It stars Mel Gibson as Professor James Murray, who leads the ambitious ...
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May 25, 2019 · Farhad Safinia (as P.B. Shemran) makes his feature debut with the troubled 'The Professor and the Madman' featuring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn.
May 10, 2019 · The Professor and the Madman: Directed by Farhad Safinia. With Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Eddie Marsan, Natalie Dormer. Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
