The Professor and the Madman
- Release Date
- March 7, 2019
- Director
- Farhad Safinia
- Cast
- Natalie Dormer , Mel Gibson , Sean Penn , Jeremy Irvine , Jennifer Ehle , Ioan Gruffudd
- Runtime
- 124
- Main Genre
- Documentary
- Writers
- John Boorman , Todd Komarnicki , Farhad Safinia , Simon Winchester
- Tagline
- The incredible true story that defined our world.
Summary
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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