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May 10, 2019 · A biographical drama about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary and the unlikely friendship between its compiler and a criminal. Starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer and Eddie Marsan, directed by Farhad Safinia.
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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.
- $25 million
- Bear McCreary
- May 10, 2019 (United States)
May 10, 2019 · A fiasco of a film based on a true story of the Oxford dictionary editor and his asylum patient, starring Mel Gibson and Sean Penn. The reviewer criticizes the film's dull direction, bad dialogue, and cheap pity for the characters.
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May 10, 2019 · A historical drama about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary and the friendship between a professor and a madman. See the trailer, cast, critics' and audience's ratings, and where to watch the 2019 film.
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- Mel Gibson
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- Fastnet Films
The Professor and the Madman. 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. 3,230 IMDb 7.2 2 h 4 min 2019. X-Ray 16+. Drama · Historical · Cerebral · Compelling. Available to rent ...
- 124 min
While working on the first Oxford English Dictionary, a scholar receives thousands of entries from a doctor with a lengthy vocabulary and dark secrets. Watch trailers & learn more.
