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The Professor and the Madman

“The incredible true story that defined our world.”

Director
Farhad Safinia
Year
2019
Runtime
2h 4m
Release
2019
Language
en
Country
IE · US

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01 · Overview

What it’s about

The story

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.

  • #professor
  • #19th century
  • #based on novel or book
  • #biography
  • #dictionary
  • #based on true story
  • #mental patient
  • #lunatic asylum

  • Directed by

    Farhad Safinia

  • Written by

    John Boorman & Todd Komarnicki & Farhad Safinia

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