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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.

2019 · 2h 4m
Director Farhad Safinia

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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.

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Surprising history of dictionary packs compassion, violence.

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Studio
Vertical Entertainment
Released
2019
Run Time
2 hr 4 min
Rated
Unrated
Regions of Origin
United States, Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium
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Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, English (Ireland), English (Iran)
Audio

English (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC)

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Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.