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7.1/10 • 1.2K

2019-03-07 • 2h 4m

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The incredible true story that defined our world.

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.

Directors
Farhad Safinia
Writters
John Boorman, Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia
Editors
Dino Jonsäter

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  1. Mel Gibson

    Mel Gibson

    James Murray

  2. Sean Penn

    Sean Penn

    Dr. William Chester Minor

  3. Natalie Dormer

    Natalie Dormer

    Eliza Merrett

  4. Eddie Marsan

    Eddie Marsan

    Muncie

  5. Jennifer Ehle

    Jennifer Ehle

    Ada Murray

  6. Jeremy Irvine

    Jeremy Irvine

    Charles Hall

  7. David O'Hara

    David O'Hara

    Church

  8. Anthony Andrews

    Anthony Andrews

    Benjamin Jowett

  9. Ioan Gruffudd

    Ioan Gruffudd

    Henry Bradley

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Nov 24, 2019

4/10

In all likelihood, you will leave this film with a little more of an understanding of how the dictionary came to be, and a little more resentment for Gibson (one of the producers) for pushing this project to happen, regardless of its lacklustre subject. It's pleasant enough, but it's clear England must produce a certain number of period dramas a year and 2019 was just about to fall under the quota - thank god for the dictionary movie. Usually with book-to-film adaptations, there is a spike in sales of said book - I can't imagine anyone rushing out to buy a dictionary after this though.
  • Brent Davidson
Read Brent's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-professor-and-the-madman-mel-gibsons-dictionary-origin-story-a-dry-read

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$25,000,000.00
Revenue
$4,957,273.00
Keywords
based on novel or bookprofessorlunatic asylumbiographymental patientdictionary19th century