Year: 2019
Running time: 2h 4m
Genre: History, Drama
US release: 2019
IMDb

The Professor and the Madman

The incredible true story that defined our world.

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.

Cast

Sean Penn

Mel GibsonJames Murray

Natalie DormerEliza Merrett

Eddie MarsanMuncie

Jennifer EhleAda Murray

Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall

David O’HaraChurch

Anthony AndrewsBenjamin Jowett

Ioan GruffuddHenry Bradley

Stephen DillaneDr. Richard Brayne

Crew

Dino JonsäterEditor

Farhad SafiniaDirector, Writer

Kasper TuxenDirector of Photography

John BoormanWriter

Todd KomarnickiWriter

Bear McCrearyComposer

Studios: Fastnet Films, 22H22, Caviar Antwerp NV, Definition Films, Zik Zak Filmworks, Voltage Pictures, Fábrica de Cine, Icon Productions

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