The Professor and the Madman

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2019 PG-13 2h 4m
7.1 /10
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The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman
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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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Geronimo1967
28 Mar 2022

This is the best effort I've seen from Sean Penn since "Milk" almost twelve years ago. His portrayal of the schizophrenic William Chester Minor who, h...

M
6 May 2021

I really like it. It had a story within a true Story. Which in my opinion made it a little complex and exciting. Good for young adults and up. Teenage...

maketheSWITCH
24 Nov 2019

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 ...

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