The Professor and the Madman

Farhad Safinia with Natalie DormerMel GibsonSean Penn

2017 Biographical Ireland 124 minutes

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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My opinion 5/10 

Potentially harmful up to 16 years Violence Coarse language

Directed by : Farhad Safinia

Release date: 24 July 2019

Genre: Biographical, Drama

The Professor and the Madman .

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Trailer : OV Fr/Nl sub.

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Natalie Dormer

The Forest (2016)Patient Zero Posh (2015)W.E. (2012)

Mel Gibson

Flight risk Hacksaw Ridge (2016)Blood Father (2016)Machete Kills (2013)Get the Gringo (2012) ...

Sean Penn

Asphalt City (2024)The Last Face (2017)The Gunman (2015)The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)Gangster Squad (2013) ...

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