The Professor and the Madman (2019)
William Chester Minor, médecin militaire américain, souffre d'une schizophrénie post-traumatique après les horreurs vécues pendant la guerre de Sécession. En 1872, il est interné dans l'hôpital psychiatrique britannique Broadmoor, après s'être rendu coupable de meurtre lors d'un séjour à Londres. Quelques années plus tard, il va correspondre avec James Murray, lexicographe et philologue écossais. Dès 1878, ce dernier est embauché pour rédiger l'Oxford English Dictionary, ouvrage qui deviendra un dictionnaire de référence. Chester Minor va également y participer fortement en remplissant des milliers de fiches, d'une remarquable qualité, qu'il envoie très régulièrement à Murray.
Directeur: Farhad Safinia
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Mel Gibson as James Murray |
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Sean Penn as Dr. William Chester Minor |
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Natalie Dormer as Eliza Merrett |
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Eddie Marsan as Muncie |
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Jennifer Ehle as Ada Murray |
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Jeremy Irvine as Charles Hall |
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David O'Hara as Church |
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Anthony Andrews as Benjamin Jowett |
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Ioan Gruffudd as Henry Bradley |
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Stephen Dillane as Dr. Richard Brayne |
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Steve Coogan as Frederick James Furnivall |
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Laurence Fox as Philip Lyttelton Gell |
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Lars Brygmann as Max Mueller |
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Brendan Patricks as Winston Churchill |
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Adam Fergus as Alfred Minor |
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Brian Fortune as Head Board Member |
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Aidan McArdle as Defence Attorney Clarke |
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David Crowley as Parfit |
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Kieran O'Reilly as Minor's Father |
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Bryan Murray as Henry Liddell |
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Oengus MacNamara as Bailiff #1 |
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Christopher Maleki as Joseph |
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Sean Duggan as Tom Coleman |
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Bryan Quinn as Sir Richard |
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Steve Gunn as Lambeth Man |
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Malcolm Freeman as Colonel |
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Joe McKinney as Attendant No.1 |
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Olivia McKevitt as Clare Merrett |
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Shane Noone as George Merrett |
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Robert McCormack as Harold Murray |
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Ronan O'Connor as Gate Guard |
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John Morton as Scriptorium Assistant |
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Abigail Coburn as Elsie Murray |
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Paul Gough as Guard |
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Lucas Browne as Eastman Minor |
| Editing | Dino Jonsäter | Editor |
| Directing | Farhad Safinia | Director |
| Writing | Todd Komarnicki | Writer |
| Production | Dan Hubbard | Casting |
| Writing | Farhad Safinia | Writer |
| Writing | John Boorman | Writer |
| Production | Mel Gibson | Producer |
| Art | Tom Conroy | Production Design |
| Production | Gastón Pavlovich | Producer |
| Camera | Kasper Tuxen | Director of Photography |
| Production | Bruce Davey | Producer |
| Sound | Bear McCreary | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Simon Winchester | Book |
| Crew | Giedrius Nagys | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Gary Robinson | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul Thompson | Stunts |
| Crew | Stephen Ryan | Stunts |
| Crew | Phil Lonergan | Stunts |
| Crew | Eimear O'Grady | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Martin White | Stunts |
| Crew | Donal O'Shea | Stunts |
| Crew | David Flynn | Stunts |
| Crew | Andrew Eadie | Stunts |
| Crew | Martin Kenny | Stunts |
| Crew | Michael Hanna | Stunts |
| Crew | Darron Costello | Stunts |
| Crew | David Byrne | Stunts |
| Crew | Brendan Condren | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Paul Carroll | Stunts |
| Crew | Norman Kelly | Stunts |
| Crew | Lemuel Black | Stunts |
| Directing | Ian Adams | Crowd Assistant Director |
| Crew | Steffen Geypens | Post Production Supervisor |