The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman (2019)

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  • Genre: History, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Release Date: 2019-03-07
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 1162 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 4min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Fastnet Films
  • Production Country: France, Ireland, Mexico, United States of America
  • Director: Farhad Safinia
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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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  • Mel Gibson

    as James Murray
  • Sean Penn

    as Dr. William Chester Minor
  • Eddie Marsan

    as Muncie
  • Natalie Dormer

    as Eliza Merrett
  • Ioan Gruffudd

    as Henry Bradley
  • Steve Coogan

    as Frederick James Furnivall
  • Jeremy Irvine

    as Charles Hall
  • Brendan Patricks

    as Winston Churchill
  • Adam Fergus

    as Alfred Minor
  • Jennifer Ehle

    as Ada Murray
  • Brian Fortune

    as Head Board Member
  • Aidan McArdle

    as Defence Attorney Clarke
  • David Crowley

    as Parfit
  • Kieran O'Reilly

    as Minor's Father
  • Bryan Murray

    as Henry Liddell
  • Oengus MacNamara

    as Bailiff #1
  • Christopher Maleki

    as Joseph
  • Sean Duggan

    as Tom Coleman
  • Bryan Quinn

    as Sir Richard
  • Steve Gunn

    as Lambeth Man
  • Malcolm Freeman

    as Colonel
  • Joe McKinney

    as Attendant No.1
  • Olivia McKevitt

    as Clare Merrett
  • Shane Noone

    as George Merrett
  • Robert McCormack

    as Harold Murray
  • Ronan O'Connor

    as Gate Guard
  • John Morton

    as Scriptorium Assistant
  • Abigail Coburn

    as Elsie Murray
  • Paul Gough

    as Guard
  • Lucas Browne

    as Eastman Minor
  • Stephen Dillane

    as Dr. Richard Brayne
  • David O'Hara

    as Church
  • Laurence Fox

    as Philip Lyttelton Gell
  • Lars Brygmann

    as Max Mueller
  • Anthony Andrews

    as Benjamin Jowett
Editing Dino Jonsäter Editor
Directing Farhad Safinia Director
Writing Todd Komarnicki Writer
Production Dan Hubbard Casting
Writing Farhad Safinia Writer
Writing John Boorman Writer
Production Mel Gibson Producer
Art Tom Conroy Production Design
Production Gastón Pavlovich Producer
Camera Kasper Tuxen Director of Photography
Production Bruce Davey Producer
Sound Bear McCreary Original Music Composer
Writing Simon Winchester Book
Crew Giedrius Nagys Stunt Coordinator
Crew Gary Robinson Stunts
Crew Paul Thompson Stunts
Crew Stephen Ryan Stunts
Crew Phil Lonergan Stunts
Crew Eimear O'Grady Stunt Coordinator
Crew Martin White Stunts
Crew Donal O'Shea Stunts
Crew David Flynn Stunts
Crew Andrew Eadie Stunts
Crew Martin Kenny Stunts
Crew Michael Hanna Stunts
Crew Darron Costello Stunts
Crew David Byrne Stunts
Crew Brendan Condren Stunt Coordinator
Crew Paul Carroll Stunts
Crew Norman Kelly Stunts
Crew Lemuel Black Stunts