The Professor and the Madman

The Professor and the Madman

  • Director: Farhad Safinia
  • Writer: Todd Komarnicki,Farhad Safinia,Simon Winchester
  • Countries of origin: Ireland, France, Iceland, United States, Mexico, Belgiu
  • Language: English
  • Release date: May 10, 2019
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: Entre la razón y la locura
  • "The Professor and the Madman" is a biographical drama directed by Farhad Saffnia, starring Mel Gibson and Sean Justin Penn . The film was released in Croatia on March 7, 2019   .
    The film is based on the British writer Simon Winchester's novel of the same name. It tells the story between the editor-in-chief Professor James Murray and the volunteer Miner mentally ill during the preparation of the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary.

    Details

    • Release date May 10, 2019
    • Production companies Voltage Pictures, Fábrica de Cine, Definition Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $25,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross worldwide

    $5,091,012

    Movie reviews

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    • By Felix 2022-04-23 07:03:38

      Both are lunatics in language research, and they are all mortals in terms of emotions and desires

      The Anglo-American film industry system is too powerful. It seems that any subject can be explored, and any inspiration can be unearthed. The current domestic film and television industry system is still at the stage of being large but not refined, and it needs to catch up!

      Since its inception, the Oxford English Dictionary has swept the major bestseller lists and is an indispensable tool for English language learners. However, how many people have ever studied the origin of this book...

    • By Maribel 2022-04-23 07:03:38

      A soul redemption triggered by words

      This is a film adapted from the novel of the same name by British author Simon Winchester, telling the historical truth behind the birth of the world's greatest book, the Oxford Dictionary, which was sealed for 100 years.

      A Scotsman, an American

      One works at Oxford, the other graduated from Yale

      a professor, a doctor

      A self-taught editor-in-chief, a schizophrenic murderer

      James Murray and William Chester Miner

      They are both wise and crazy.

      With Mel...

    • By Dina 2022-04-23 07:03:38

      After watching, not a movie review

      The subject matter of this film appeals to me: academics, psychosis, dictionaries, English, British. I chose a movie theater close to home, but this movie theater is really down and out. Choose 21:00 PM. People who celebrate Christmas call the 24th Christmas Eve, to me it's just a day. It was just me and another man in the cinema. I regret not being so close to him, it will feel like a private room if you are far away. Movies are meant to be enjoyed, not rated and judged. So I just want to...

    • By Griffin 2022-04-23 07:03:38

      It is happiness to have a lifelong goal to strive for

      The movie I watched at Warner Village Show in Taipei, and Avengers 4 at the same time. Unexpectedly, 80% of the literary films also sat. It can be seen that the people of Tianlong Kingdom are still very literary at heart.

      Both male lead actors are great.

      It is definitely a blessing in life to have a career that you strive for for life. A dictionary compiled for 70 years. This is not without desires, it is the greatest desire, for the people, for the language, for the greatest...

    • By Christina 2022-04-23 07:03:38

      Excessive pursuit of moral perfection often leads to embarrassment

      The doctor was a Union Army doctor in the Civil War and was forced to punish Irish traitors in a brutal way. In addition to the brutality of the battlefield, excessive self-blame led to schizophrenia. Originally, he left for peace of mind, but he killed him because of delusions of murder. People, try your best to ask the wife of the deceased for forgiveness. After you have feelings for the other party, you will use self-mutilation to achieve psychological balance, so as not to feel sorry for...

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    • By Amber 2023-09-24 00:40:19

      1. if love ... then what? 2. Standing on the spine of the book, I leap over the wall. With the wings of words, I reach the top of the world. 3. Weaving the boat in mind. Samsung and a...

    • By Omari 2023-08-31 09:23:41

      The story of three countries compiling dictionaries, my favorite is the one in Japan, everything is online, but that's...

    • By Drake 2023-08-21 06:59:17

      The story is legendary and the characters have depth. It's a pity that although the two Hollywood stars are both acting, they still have a wrong aura to play such a deep historical figure, which is a bit...

    • By Clement 2023-08-19 10:16:24

      Sean Penn's acting skills are amazing. From "Bian Zhou Ji" to this film, he lamented that only a lunatic dares to make a dictionary, and he also needs to admire the support of the editor's family, which is the greatest part of the process of making a...

    • By Vern 2023-07-23 03:18:13

      The parallelism of the two lines results in a blurred narrative focus. Editing a dictionary is very theoretical, it is not easy to present the theory, and the impact of external pressure is relatively brushed off, and the line is relatively flat. The doctor's line is very ups and downs, but the connection with the dictionary is very...

    Movie plot

    Dr. James Murray ( Mel Gibson ) was invited by Oxford University Press to compile the "Oxford English Dictionary". This is a huge project. It is impossible to collect hundreds of thousands of vocabulary with the efforts of a few people in the editing team. Dr. Murray, who is a commoner, pioneered the use of a model of participation by the whole people, so that all English speakers can work together. Collect the term definitions and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ada Murray: Sometimes when we push away, that is when we most need to be resisted.

    • Eliza Merrett: "If Love... Then What ?"

    • James Murray: For every word, in action, becomes beautiful in the light of its own meaning.