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- Sean PennDr. William Chester Minor
- Natalie DormerEliza Merrett
- Eddie MarsanMr. Muncie
- Jennifer EhleAda Murray
- Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall
- Ioan GruffuddHenry Bradley
- Steve CooganFrederick James Furnivall
- Stephen DillaneDr. Richard Brayn
- Adam FergusAlfred Minor
Aidan McArdleDefence Attorney Clarke- Kieran O'ReillyMinor's Father
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.
- Farhad Safinia
- 481
- 2 min
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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. It stars Mel Gibson, Sean Penn ...
- $25 million
- Bear McCreary
- May 10, 2019 (United States)
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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- Mel Gibson
- Farhad Safinia
- Fastnet Films
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Dec 17, 2020 · Yes, the movie The Professor and the Madman is based on a 1998 book by Simon Winchester. The first edition was called The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness, and the Love of Words ...
- Fletcher Peters
- 3 min
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.
Minor is a godsend for Professor Murray’s project, and Professor Murray has given Dr. Minor a type of stability. “The Professor and the Madman” then gets worse when it works toward its true intent, which is to vindicate these men, losing sight of its initial hunt for knowledge in the process. It’s less about the Dictionary or its ...
