| Record Number |
838005 |
| Title |
The professor and the madman [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
Australia : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, [2020] |
| ©2018. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (120 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Widescreen. |
| Based on the book by Simon Winchester. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2019. |
| Creation Note |
Produced by Nicolas Chartier, Gastón Pavlovich ; screenplay by Todd Komarnicki and P.B. Shemran ; directed by P.B. Shemran. |
| Performer note |
Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Anthony Andrews, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Steve Coogan. |
| Summary Note |
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. |
| Language note |
English. No subtitles. |
| Subject - Name |
Murray, James A. H.(James Augustus Henry),1837-1915 -- Drama |
| Minor, William Chester -- Drama |
| Subject |
-- Drama |
| College teachers -- Drama |
| Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Drama |
| Historical films. |
| Biographical films. |
| Feature films. |
| Film adaptations. |
| Added Author |
Shemran, P. B. director,
screenwriter. |
| Komarnicki, Todd screenwriter. |
| Chartier, Nicolas producer. |
| Pavlovich, Gastón producer. |
| Gibson, Mel, 1956- 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. |
| Added title |
Professor and the madman (Motion picture : 2019) |
