Profesor and madman

Profesor and madman

Director: Farhad Safinia

Writers: John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki

Stars: Natalie Dormer, Mel Gibson, Sean Penn

 

 

Synopsis

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.