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 Minor.

• Farhad SafiniaDirector
• Farhad SafiniaWriter
• Todd KomarnickiWriter
• John BoormanWriter
• Bear McCrearyOriginal Music Composer

• Mel GibsonJames Murray
• Sean PennDr. William Chester Minor
• Natalie DormerEliza Merrett
• Eddie MarsanMuncie
• Jennifer EhleAda Murray
• Jeremy IrvineCharles Hall
• David O'HaraChurch
• Anthony AndrewsBenjamin Jowett
• Ioan GruffuddHenry Bradley
• Stephen DillaneDr. Richard Brayne
• Steve CooganFrederick James Furnivall
• Laurence FoxPhilip Lyttelton Gell