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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.
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.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Farhad Safinia
- 2019-05-10
Professor James Murray begins work on compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century. Rent The Professor and the Madman on Fandango at...
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- Mel Gibson
- Farhad Safinia
- Fastnet Films
Sep 28, 1998 · The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history.
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May 10, 2019 · “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.
The unbelievable true story of a murderer confined to an insane asylum and his unlikely bond with a brilliant Oxford professor.
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The true story of Oxford Professor James Murray who took the lead in creating the Oxford English Dictionary with the help of Dr. William Chester Minor, imprisoned in an insane asylum for the crime of murder.
