The Professor and the Madman

124' Biography USA MOVIE

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.

Production
Voltage Pictures

Director
Farhad Safinia

Cast
Sean Penn, Academy Awards Winner (The Tree of Life)
Mel Gibson, Academy Awards Winner (Braveheart)
Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones)

Territories
France, French speaking Switzerland (Pay TV broadcasted from France), French Speaking Africa, French Speaking Indian Ocean