The Professor and the Madman
2019
2h 4min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
March 2019
Runtime
2h 4min
Director
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$4,957,273
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Fastnet Films, 22h22, Caviar Antwerp NV, Definition Films, Zik Zak Filmworks, Voltage Pictures, Fábrica de Cine
Cast
Mel Gibson
James Murray
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
Eddie Marsan
Muncie
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett
Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley
Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall
Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall
Brendan Patricks
Winston Churchill
Adam Fergus
Alfred Minor
Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray
Brian Fortune
Head Board Member
Aidan McArdle
Defence Attorney Clarke
David Crowley
Parfit
Kieran O'Reilly
Minor's Father
Bryan Murray
Henry Liddell
Oengus MacNamara
Bailiff #1
Christopher Maleki
Joseph
Sean Duggan
Tom Coleman
Bryan Quinn
Sir Richard
Steve Gunn
Lambeth Man
Malcolm Freeman
Colonel
Joe McKinney
Attendant No.1
Olivia McKevitt
Clare Merrett
Shane Noone
George Merrett
Robert McCormack
Harold Murray
Ronan O'Connor
Gate Guard
John Morton
Scriptorium Assistant
Abigail Coburn
Elsie Murray
Paul Gough
Guard
Lucas Browne
Eastman Minor
Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne
David O'Hara
Church
Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Lars Brygmann
Max Mueller
Anthony Andrews
Benjamin Jowett
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