The Professor and the Madman
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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.
- Director
- Farhad Safinia
- Worldwide
- $5M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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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.
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Box Office & Release
The Professor and the Madman returned 0.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Mar 7, 2019
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Belgium, France
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