MOVIE

The Professor and the Madman

Name: The Professor and the Madman
Director: Farhad Safinia
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2019-03-07
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle

2019 · 124 min

Directed by Farhad Safinia

★ 7.11,326 ratings

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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.