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THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN

MEL GIBSON STARS IN THE DEFINITION OF A PAGE-TURNER

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By Charlie David Page
9th February 2020

Based on the worldwide best-selling novel by Simon Winchester, 'The Professor and the Madman' is an extraordinary true tale of madness, genius, and obsession about two remarkable men who created history with the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857 and was one of the most ambitious, and revolutionary projects ever undertaken. Professor James Murray (Mel Gibson) took on the challenge of creating the most comprehensive dictionary ever compiled, but knew that it would take him and his team over a century to compile all known definitions. However, by "crowdsourcing" the work, that is, by enlisting definitions from people all over the world, the dictionary could be compiled in mere decades.

As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor Murray, discovered that one man, Dr W.C. Minor (Sean Penn), had submitted more than ten thousand words. When the committee insisted on honouring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was a convicted murderer and being held at an asylum for the criminally insane.

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FAST FACTS
RELEASE DATE: 20/02/2020
RUN TIME: 02h 04m
CAST: Mel Gibson
Sean Penn
Natalie Dormer
Ioan Gruffudd
Jeremy Irvine
Brendan Patricks
Adam Fergus
Jennifer Ehle
Brian Fortune
Aidan McArdle
DIRECTOR: Farhad Safinia
WRITERS: John Boorman
Todd Komarnicki
Farhad Safinia
PRODUCERS: Bruce Davey
Mel Gibson
Gastón Pavlovich
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