Uniform Title |
Professor and the madman (Motion picture : 2019) |
Title |
The professor and the madman. |
Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ©2020. |
©2018. |
Description |
1 DVD-video (120 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : DL6933. |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. |
An Ireland and United States co-production. |
Based on the book by Simon Winchester. |
"The incredible true story that defined our world" -- Cover. |
Credits |
Directed by P.B. Shemran ; screenplay by Todd Komarnicki and P.B. Shemran ; produced by Nicolas Chartier, Gastón Pavlovich. |
Performers |
Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Anthony Andrews, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Steve Coogan. |
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. |
Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
System details |
DVD video ; Dolby digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 2.40:1. |
Language note |
English. No subtitles. |
Subjects |
Winchester, Simon -- Film adaptations |
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 |
Feature films -- Ireland |
Genre |
Historical films |
Detective and mystery films |
Biographical films |
Feature films |
Fiction films |
Film adaptations |
Other Names |
Shemran, P. B. director, screenwriter. |
Komarnicki, Todd screenwriter. |
Chartier, Nicolas producer. |
Pavlovich, Gastón 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. Professor and the madman Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Andrews, Anthony, 1948- .
- Chartier, Nicolas .
- Coogan, Steve .
- Dillane, Stephen, 1956- .
- Dormer, Natalie, 1982- .
- Ehle, Jennifer, 1969- .
- Gibson, Mel .
- Gruffudd, Ioan .
- Irvine, Jeremy, 1990- .
- Komarnicki, Todd .
- Marsan, Eddie .
- O'Hara, David, 1965- .
- Pavlovich, Gastón .
- Penn, Sean, 1960- .
- Shemran, P. B. .
- Winchester, Simon. Professor and the madman .
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