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"The Professor and the Madman" quotes

The Professor and the Madman poster
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...

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

9 video clips

James MurrayAda MurrayDr. William Chester MinorEliza MerrettChurchPhilip Lyttelton Gell
Sometimes when we push away - The Professor and the Madman 00:10 Sometimes when we push away Who is she - The Professor and the Madman 00:25 Who is she If love then what - The Professor and the Madman 00:08 If love then what This is about recording the evolution of meaning - The Professor and the Madman 00:06 This is about recording the evolution of meaning For every word in action becomes beautiful - The Professor and the Madman 00:11 For every word in action becomes beautiful It's freedom Mrs Merrett - The Professor and the Madman 00:21 It's freedom Mrs Merrett Have you gotten to the I's by now - The Professor and the Madman 00:26 Have you gotten to the I's by now If love then what - The Professor and the Madman 00:08 If love then what This is Oxford We do not lose - The Professor and the Madman 00:08 This is Oxford We do not lose

Cast

James Murray - Mel Gibson
Dr. William Chester Minor - Sean Penn
Mr. Muncie - Eddie Marsan
Eliza Merrett - Natalie Dormer
Ada Murray - Jennifer Ehle
Frederick James Furnivall - Steve Coogan
Dr. Richard Brayn - Stephen Dillane
Henry Bradley - Ioan Gruffudd
Charles Hall - Jeremy Irvine
Philip Lyttelton Gell - Laurence Fox
Benjamin Jowett - Anthony Andrews
Max Mueller - Lars Brygmann
Henry Liddell - Bryan Murray
Church - David O'Hara
Tom Coleman - Sean Duggan
Clare Merrett - Olivia McKevitt
Iris Merrett - Emily Daly
Jack Merrett - Luke Harman
Peggy Merrett - Teegan Devlin
Peter Merrett - Nathan Harte
Olive Merrett - Alice Kelly
Olive Merrett - Aoife Kelly
Oswyn Murray - Phonsie Wardell
Harold Murray - Robert McCormack
Elsie Murray - Abigail Coburn
Hilda Murray - Nora Cooper
Sergeant Steggles - Anthony Brophy
Defence Attorney Clarke - Aidan McArdle
George Merrett - Shane Noone
Head Board Member - Brian Fortune
Bailiff #1 (as Oengus Mac Namara) - Oengus MacNamara
Bailiff #2 - Brian Harty
Declan Reilly (as Ruaidhri Conroy) - Rúaidhrí Conroy
Winston Churchill - Brendan Patricks
Sir Charles Troup - Simon Coury
Lord Chief Justice - Bosco Hogan
Jury Foreman - David Heap
Prosecutor Denman - Philip O'Sullivan
Colonel - Malcolm Freeman
Parfit - David Crowley
Lambeth Man - Steve Gunn
Sir Richard - Bryan Quinn
Attendant No.1 - Joe McKinney
Refree - Gordon Hudson
Wellington Player - Patrick McCaw
Gate Guard - Ray Malone
Newspaper Seller - Bill O'Brien
Angry Spectator - Shane Gately
Angry Spectator - Guy Carleton
Housekeeper - Tara Breathnach
Music Teacher - Karl Ronan
Fredo - Christopher Maleki
Scriptorium Assistant - John Morton
Photographer - Chris Mc Morrow
Angry Spectator 2 - Richard O'Connor
Gate Guard - Ronan O'Connor
Minor's Father - Kieran O'Reilly
Attendant - Mark Quigley