| 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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