The Professor and the Madman
Not Rated“The incredible true story that defined our world.”
2019·124 min·Released
Studio: 22H22, Caviar Antwerp NV, Definition Films, Fastnet Films, Fábrica de Cine, Icon Productions, Voltage Pictures, Zik Zak Filmworks
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Theatrical Mar 7, 2019Digital May 10, 2019
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France · English · USA
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.
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Crew
DirectorFarhad Safinia
Cast
Mel Gibson
James Murray
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan
Muncie
Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall
David O'Hara
Church
Anthony Andrews
Benjamin Jowett
Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Lars Brygmann
Max Mueller
Brendan Patricks
Winston Churchill
Adam Fergus
Alfred Minor
Brian Fortune
Head Board Member
Aidan McArdle
Defence Attorney Clarke
David Crowley
Parfit
Kieran O'Reilly
Minor's Father
Bryan Murray
Henry Liddell
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Keywords
based on novel or bookprofessorlunatic asylumbiographybased on true storymental patientdictionary19th century
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Budget
$25M
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$5M
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1,281
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