The Professor and the Madman (2019)
The incredible true story that defined our world.
124 min
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.
- Release date
- May 10, 2019
- Country of origin
- Ireland, United States
- Music
- Bear McCreary
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box office
- $4,957,273
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- The Professor and the Madmaninstrumental4:50
- The Murder of George Merrettinstrumental3:22
- The Murray Familyinstrumental1:38
- Broadmoor Asyluminstrumental2:26
- Aardvark to Zymurgyinstrumental3:57
- Eliza Merrettinstrumental4:45
- Finding the Pamphletinstrumental2:47
- Snowball Fightinstrumental1:20
- Minor Beginsinstrumental2:05
- A Collaboration and Friendshipinstrumental4:12
- Minor Meets Murrayinstrumental4:25
- Wider Than the Skyinstrumental2:45
Cast
- Mel Gibson as James Murray
- Sean Penn as Dr. William Chester Minor
- Natalie Dormer as Eliza Merrett
- Eddie Marsan as Mr. Muncie
- Jennifer Ehle as Ada Murray
- Jeremy Irvine as Charles Hall
- David O'Hara as Church
- Anthony Andrews as Benjamin Jowett
- Ioan Gruffudd as Henry Bradley
- Stephen Dillane as Dr. Richard Brayn
- Steve Coogan as Frederick James Furnivall
- Laurence Fox as Philip Lyttelton Gell
- Lars Brygmann as Max Mueller
- Brendan Patricks as Winston Churchill
- Adam Fergus as Alfred Minor
- Brian Fortune as Head Board Member
- Aidan McArdle as Defence Attorney Clarke
- David Crowley as Parfit
- Kieran O'Reilly as Minor's Father
- Bryan Murray as Henry Liddell
- Oengus MacNamara as Bailiff #1
- Christopher Maleki as Joseph
- Seán Duggan as Tom Coleman
- Bryan Quinn as Sir Richard
- Steve Gunn as Lambeth Man
- Malcolm Freeman as Colonel
- Joe McKinney as Attendant No.1
- Olivia McKevitt as Clare Merrett
- Shane Noone as George Merrett
Crew
- Farhad Safinia · Director
- Todd Komarnicki · Writer
- Farhad Safinia · Writer
- Simon Winchester · Writer
- Nicolas Chartier · Producer
- Gastón Pavlovich · Producer
- Bear McCreary · Composer
- Kasper Tuxen · Cinematographer
- Dino Jonsäter · Editor
- Daniel Hubbard · Casting director
- Tom Conroy · Production designer