The Professor and the Madman

The movie "The Professor and the Madman" 2019

2019 - Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer

History, Drama

In the mid-19th century, Professor James Murray begins collecting words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. More than 10,000 entries come from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor. Mel Gibson, Sean Penn and Natalie Dormer appear in Farhad Safinia's film, based on Simon Winchester's book about this true story. More »

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