Professor James Murray began compiling the Oxford English Dictionary in 1857 and led the overseeing committee. He receives over 10,000 entries from Dr. William Minor, who was then undergoing treatment at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, a place for the criminally insane.
This biographical drama film is directed by P.B. Shemran, from a screenplay by Shemran, and Todd Komarnicki, based on the 1998 book “The Surgeon of Crowthorne” by Simon Winchester. Mel Gibson worked on adapting the book for over 20 years before production began to develop in 2016.
- Starring : Mel Gibson / Sean Penn / Natalie Dormer
- Genre : Biography / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
- Country : Ireland
- Language : English
- Director : Farhad Safinia
- Production : Fastnet Films / 22h22 / Caviar Antwerp NV / Definition Films / Icon Entertainment International / Zik Zak Filmworks
- Distributor : GEM Entertainment / Film & TV House / Digicine / Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) / Eagle Pictures / Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) / Transmission Films / Vertical Entertainment / Filmarti / Front Row Filmed Entertainment / Shoval Film Production
The Professor and the Madman movie
[ref: Vertical Entertainment US]
The Professor and the Madman release date
- March 28, 2019 : United Arab Emirates
- May 10, 2019 : USA (internet)
- May 10, 2019 : USA (limited)
The Professor and the Madman cast
- Natalie Dormer as Eliza Merrett
- Mel Gibson as James Murray
- Steve Coogan
- Sean Penn as Dr. William Chester Minor
- Jennifer Ehle as Ada Murray
- Stephen Dillane as Dr. Richard Brayne
- Eddie Marsan as Muncie
- Ioan Gruffudd as Henry Bradley
- Jeremy Irvine as Charles Hall
- David O’Hara
- Aidan McArdle as Defence Attorney Clarke
- Brendan Patricks as Winston Churchill
- Adam Fergus as Alfred Minor
- Kieran O’Reilly as Minor’s Father
- Brian Fortune as Head Board Member
