The Professor and the Madman

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.

Directed by Farhad Safinia

Writers John Boorman Todd Komarnicki Farhad Safinia

Stars Mel Gibson Sean Penn Natalie Dormer

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