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The Professor and the Madman

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 M...

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Farhad Safinia

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biography, drama, history

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James Murray

Dr. William Chester Minor

Mr. Muncie

Eliza Merrett

Ada Murray

Frederick James Furnivall

Dr. Richard Brayn

Stephen Dillane

Henry Bradley

Charles Hall

Philip Lyttelton Gell

Benjamin Jowett

Anthony Andrews

Max Mueller

Henry Liddell

Church

Tom Coleman

Clare Merrett

Olivia McKevitt

Iris Merrett

Jack Merrett

Peggy Merrett

Peter Merrett

Olive Merrett

Olive Merrett

Oswyn Murray

Phonsie Wardell

Harold Murray

Robert McCormack

Elsie Murray

Hilda Murray

Sergeant Steggles

Defence Attorney Clarke

George Merrett

Head Board Member

Bailiff #1 (as Oengus Mac Namara)

Oengus MacNamara

Bailiff #2

Declan Reilly (as Ruaidhri Conroy)

RÃºaidhrÃ Conroy

Winston Churchill

Brendan Patricks

Sir Charles Troup

Lord Chief Justice

Jury Foreman

Prosecutor Denman

Philip O'Sullivan

Colonel

Malcolm Freeman

Parfit

Lambeth Man

Sir Richard

Attendant No.1

Refree

Wellington Player

Gate Guard

Newspaper Seller

Angry Spectator

Angry Spectator

Housekeeper

Tara Breathnach

Music Teacher

Fredo

Christopher Maleki

Scriptorium Assistant

Photographer

Chris Mc Morrow

Angry Spectator 2

Richard O'Connor

Gate Guard

Minor's Father

Kieran O'Reilly

Attendant

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James Murray Ada Murray Dr. William Chester Minor Eliza Merrett Church Philip Lyttelton Gell

Please identify the accused. - The Professor and the Madman

Please identify the accused.

Captain Surgeon in the US Army,
retired. - The Professor and the Madman

Captain Surgeon in the US Army, retired.

In his home country of the
United States, he was pursued... - The Professor and the Madman

In his home country of the United States, he was pursued...

Relentlessly by a man pledged
to torture and kill him. - The Professor and the Madman

Relentlessly by a man pledged to torture and kill him.

He knew right away that he had
been hunted down and found... - The Professor and the Madman

He knew right away that he had been hunted down and found...

That his pursuer, one Declan
Reilly was indeed, in his rooms. - The Professor and the Madman

That his pursuer, one Declan Reilly was indeed, in his rooms...

Dr. Minor reached for his
service revolver and gave chase. - The Professor and the Madman

Dr. Minor reached for his service revolver and gave chase.

Eliza, open the door! Eliza! - The Professor and the Madman

Eliza, open the door! Eliza!

Between his assailant and the
innocent George Merrett. - The Professor and the Madman

Between his assailant and the innocent George Merrett.

I'm sorry! Sorry! - The Professor and the Madman

I'm sorry! Sorry!

My Lord, Dr. Minor shot the
wrong man. - The Professor and the Madman

My Lord, Dr. Minor shot the wrong man.

So... he didn't mean it. - The Professor and the Madman

So... he didn't mean it.

Declan... Declan Reilly
is his name! - The Professor and the Madman

Declan... Declan Reilly is his name!

He has a brand on the left side of his face, he comes at nig...

He comes with others, they haunt
me, they come into my rooms! - The Professor and the Madman

He comes with others, they haunt me, they come into my rooms...

I do not believe you, sir.
This court does not believe you. - The Professor and the Madman

I do not believe you, sir. This court does not believe you.

Quiet, please! Quiet in court! - The Professor and the Madman

Quiet, please! Quiet in court!

Quiet, please! Quiet! - The Professor and the Madman

Quiet, please! Quiet!

Quiet, quiet! - The Professor and the Madman

We, the members of her Majesty's
jury... - The Professor and the Madman

We, the members of her Majesty's jury...

Find Dr. William Chester Minor
not guilty... - The Professor and the Madman

Find Dr. William Chester Minor not guilty...

William Chester Minor, it is
hereby this court's ruling... - The Professor and the Madman

William Chester Minor, it is hereby this court's ruling...

Until Her Majesty's pleasure
be known. - The Professor and the Madman

Until Her Majesty's pleasure be known.

Harold, about your use
of words... - The Professor and the Madman

Harold, about your use of words...

In the paper, a dreadful story,
a shooting in Lambeth... - The Professor and the Madman

In the paper, a dreadful story, a shooting in Lambeth...

And that poor woman left behind
with six children. - The Professor and the Madman

And that poor woman left behind with six children.

Yes! That's it, that's it! - The Professor and the Madman

Yes! That's it, that's it!

Yes, yes! How's that, you
ensanguined mule? - The Professor and the Madman

Yes, yes! How's that, you ensanguined mule?

I wish to state that I possess
a general lexical... - The Professor and the Madman

I wish to state that I possess a general lexical...

And literature of the Aryan
and Syro-Arabic classes. - The Professor and the Madman

And literature of the Aryan and Syro-Arabic classes.

I am aware of the word.
Schooling? - The Professor and the Madman

I am aware of the word. Schooling?

Honestly, Freddie, it's a bit
much. - The Professor and the Madman

Honestly, Freddie, it's a bit much.

This great tongue of ours, which
reaches out across the world... - The Professor and the Madman

This great tongue of ours, which reaches out across the worl...

And we, with our debates ad
nauseam about the scope... - The Professor and the Madman

And we, with our debates ad nauseam about the scope...

But thrown ourselves down
in supplication before it... - The Professor and the Madman

But thrown ourselves down in supplication before it...

Bathed in abject defeat. - The Professor and the Madman

Bathed in abject defeat.

I submit that the extraordinary,
the unconventional... - The Professor and the Madman

I submit that the extraordinary, the unconventional...

Mr. Murray is the solution
and our salvation. - The Professor and the Madman

Mr. Murray is the solution and our salvation.

Your account, though a bit
dramatic, is true, Freddie. - The Professor and the Madman

Your account, though a bit dramatic, is true, Freddie.

But we need something more than
impassioned advocacy. - The Professor and the Madman

But we need something more than impassioned advocacy.

Qualifications come to mind.
Perhaps a Bachelor's Degree. - The Professor and the Madman

Qualifications come to mind. Perhaps a Bachelor's Degre...

Qualifications yes - The Professor and the Madman

Qualifications yes

Of the Romance tongues, Italian,
French, Spanish... - The Professor and the Madman

Of the Romance tongues, Italian, French, Spanish...

Mr. Murray, a word comes
to mind... clever. - The Professor and the Madman

Mr. Murray, a word comes to mind... clever.

Can you define it and tell us
its history? - The Professor and the Madman

Can you define it and tell us its history?

I'll make a fist of it, on the
hoof, as it were. - The Professor and the Madman

I'll make a fist of it, on the hoof, as it were.

Clever: adjective. Meaning -
adroit, nimble, dextrous. - The Professor and the Madman

Clever: adjective. Meaning - adroit, nimble, dextrous.

With a "k", meaning sprightly
or smart. - The Professor and the Madman

With a "k", meaning sprightly or smart.

Mr. Murray is also a master
of the Scottish clog dance. - The Professor and the Madman

Mr. Murray is also a master of the Scottish clog dance.

It's all mine, Ada, the entire
language. - The Professor and the Madman

It's all mine, Ada, the entire language.

But it's so sudden. - The Professor and the Madman

But it's so sudden.

Is it truly what you wish
for all of us? - The Professor and the Madman

Is it truly what you wish for all of us?

Ada, I'm an untutored linen
draper's boy from Teviotdale... - The Professor and the Madman

Ada, I'm an untutored linen draper's boy from Tevi...

Now, suddenly, with a real crack
at it. - The Professor and the Madman

Now, suddenly, with a real crack at it.

If I am to fashion a book,
I'll need a spine. - The Professor and the Madman

If I am to fashion a book, I'll need a spine.

Are we going somewhere? - The Professor and the Madman

Are we going somewhere?

Yes, but his book comprised of
only a mere handful of words. - The Professor and the Madman

Yes, but his book comprised of only a mere handful of words.

I am charged with identifying
and defining every last word! - The Professor and the Madman

I am charged with identifying and defining every last word!

My dictionary will need as many
volumes as these... - The Professor and the Madman

My dictionary will need as many volumes as these...

Never play with books,
all right? That's wrong. - The Professor and the Madman

Never play with books, all right? That's wrong.

BRAYN Wednesday, April
17, 1872. Inmate number 742. - The Professor and the Madman

BRAYN Wednesday, April 17, 1872. Inmate number 742.

American, 48 years old... - The Professor and the Madman

American, 48 years old...

Surgeon, a captain in the
United States Army. - The Professor and the Madman

Surgeon, a captain in the United States Army.

No known religion, classified
a danger to others. - The Professor and the Madman

No known religion, classified a danger to others.

The prisoner is in a rage,
spitting dozens of times... - The Professor and the Madman

The prisoner is in a rage, spitting dozens of times...

By his own account trying not
to swallow poison-coated... - The Professor and the Madman

By his own account trying not to swallow poison-coated...

Cold, iron bars that have been
pressed against his teeth. - The Professor and the Madman

Cold, iron bars that have been pressed against his teeth.

Three days now the prisoner
has gone without sleep. - The Professor and the Madman

Three days now the prisoner has gone without sleep.

Constantly leaping from his bed
to search... - The Professor and the Madman

Constantly leaping from his bed to search...

Repeatedly claiming to look for
those coming for him at night. - The Professor and the Madman

Repeatedly claiming to look for those coming for him at nigh...

Doctor Richard Brayn, alienist
superintendent... - The Professor and the Madman

Doctor Richard Brayn, alienist superintendent...

Broadmoor Asylum. - The Professor and the Madman

Broadmoor Asylum.

The Home Secretary wouldn't be
bamboozled into accepting. - The Professor and the Madman

The Home Secretary wouldn't be bamboozled into acceptin...

Written... in the Athenaeum...
in a single sentence! - The Professor and the Madman

Written... in the Athenaeum... in a single sentence!

Your book, Mr. Murray, will need
to establish strict rules... - The Professor and the Madman

Your book, Mr. Murray, will need to establish strict rules.....

Sufficiently refined that it can
henceforward only deteriorate. - The Professor and the Madman

Sufficiently refined that it can henceforward only deteriora...

You, Max? Me? No. - The Professor and the Madman

You, Max? Me? No.

All words are valid in the
language. - The Professor and the Madman

All words are valid in the language.

The book must inventory every
word, every nuance... - The Professor and the Madman

The book must inventory every word, every nuance...

Every twist of etymology and
every possible illustrated... - The Professor and the Madman

Every twist of etymology and every possible illustrated...

Volunteers. We have tried it
before, James, and failed. - The Professor and the Madman

Volunteers. We have tried it before, James, and failed.

I'm afraid there aren't enough
academics in the land. - The Professor and the Madman

I'm afraid there aren't enough academics in the la...

Where do you propose finding
a thousand men? - The Professor and the Madman

Where do you propose finding a thousand men?

In every book shop, school,
workplace or home. - The Professor and the Madman

In every book shop, school, workplace or home.

In search of the words that we
want, and get them to write... - The Professor and the Madman

In search of the words that we want, and get them to write.....

The word on a slip of paper,
along with a quotation... - The Professor and the Madman

The word on a slip of paper, along with a quotation...

That they have found
illustrating the very word. - The Professor and the Madman

That they have found illustrating the very word.

An entire army covering the
breadth of the Empire... - The Professor and the Madman

An entire army covering the breadth of the Empire...

Still edited by us, learned men. - The Professor and the Madman

Still edited by us, learned men.

How long do you estimate
to finishing your task? - The Professor and the Madman

How long do you estimate to finishing your task?

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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 M...

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Director: Farhad Safinia

Writer: Todd Komarnicki, Farhad Safinia, Simon Winchester

Production: N/A

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 27/100

ImdbRating: 7.2

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 May 2019

Awards: 1 nomination

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