The Professor and the Madman
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2hrs
4mins
Directed by
Farhad Safinia,
Starring
Mel Gibson,
Sean Penn,
Eddie Marsan,
Natalie Dormer
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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.
