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Mel Gibson and Sean Penn star in trailer for The Professor and the Madman

January 31, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

The first trailer has been released for director Farhad Safinia’s biographical drama The Professor and the Madman. Based on Simon Winchester’s book The Surgeon of Crowthorne, the film stars Mel Gibson as Lexicographer Professor James Murray who in 1857 began to compile the Oxford English dictionary with the help of asylum inmate William Minor, played by Sean Penn; watch the trailer here…

The Professor and the Madman features a cast that also includes Natalie Dormer (Game of thrones), Ioan Gruffudd (Forever), Jeremy Irvine (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again), Steve Coogan (Stan & Ollie), Laurence Fox (Lewis) and Jennifer Ehle (The Miseducation of Cameron Post).

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Farhad Safinia, Ioan Gruffudd, jennifer ehle, Jeremy Irvine, Laurence Fox, Mel Gibson, natalie dormer, Sean Penn, steve coogan, The Professor and the Madman

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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