The professor and the madman / Voltage Pictures presents ; a Voltage Pictures and Fábrica de Cine production ; a Definition Films, 22H22, Zik Zak Filmworks and Caviar Antwerp co-production ; in association with Fastnet Films ; produced by Nicolas Chartier, Gastón Pavlovich ; screenplay by Todd Komarnicki and P.B. Shemran ; directed by P.B. Shemran.

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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Voltage Pictures (Presenter, Production company) Fábrica de Cine (Firm) (Production company) Definition Films (Production company) 22H22 (Production company) Zik Zak Kvikmyndir (Production company) Caviar Antwerp (Production company) Fastnet Films (Production company) Vertical Entertainment (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Safinia, Farhad (Film director, Screenwriter) Komarnicki, Todd (Screenwriter) Chartier, Nicolas (Film producer) Pavlovich, Gastón (Film producer) Gibson, Mel (Actor) Penn, Sean, 1960- (Actor) Dormer, Natalie, 1982- (Actor) Marsan, Eddie (Actor) Ehle, Jennifer, 1969- (Actor) Irvine, Jeremy, 1990- (Actor) O'Hara, David, 1965- (Actor) Andrews, Anthony, 1948- (Actor) Gruffudd, Ioan (Actor) Dillane, Stephen, 1956- (Actor) Coogan, Steve (Actor) Winchester, Simon
Language:	English
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[Santa Monica, Calif.] : Vertical Entertainment, [2019]
Subjects:	Murray, James A. H. > (James Augustus Henry), > 1837-1915 > Drama. Minor, William Chester > Drama. Oxford English dictionary > Drama. College teachers > Drama. Lexicographers > Great Britain > Drama. Psychiatric hospital patients > Great Britain > Drama. Oxford English dictionary. College teachers. Biographical films. Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Historical films. Detective and mystery films. Fiction films. Film adaptations.
Genre:	Drama. Biographical films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Historical films. Detective and mystery films. Fiction films. Film adaptations.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	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.
Note:	Based on the book by Simon Winchester. Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Call Number:	PN1995.9.B55 P76 2019 VideoDVD
Audience:	Rating: Not rated.
Credits:	Director of photography, Kasper Tuxen ; editor, Dino Jonsater ; music, Bear McCreary.
System Details:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0.
Cast:	Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Anthony Andrews, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Steve Coogan.