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The professor and the madman / Voltage Pictures presents ; a Voltage Pictures and Fábrica de Cine production ; a Definition Films, 22H22, Zik Zak Filmworks and Caviar Antwerp co-production ; in association with Fastnet Films ; produced by Nicolas Chartier, Gastón Pavlovich ; screenplay by Todd Komarnicki and P.B. Shemran ; directed by P.B. Shemran.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 032 953
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Motion picture adaptation of (work): Winchester, Simon. Professor and the madman, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Winchester, Simon--Film adaptations.
- Winchester, Simon.
- Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915--Drama.
- Murray, James A. H.
- Minor, William Chester--Drama.
- Minor, William Chester.
- Murray, James A. H. (James Augustus Henry), 1837-1915.
- Oxford English dictionary--Drama.
- Oxford English dictionary.
- College teachers--Drama.
- College teachers.
- Lexicographers--Great Britain--Drama.
- Lexicographers.
- Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Drama.
- Psychiatric hospital patients.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Historical films.
- Film adaptations.
- Fiction films.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Biographical films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Professor & the madman
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Monica, CA] : Vertical Entertainment, [2019]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired; open-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)..
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; widescreen (2.40:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
- digital
- optical
- surround stereo
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- 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.
- Participant:
- Mel Gibson, Sean Penn, Natalie Dormer, Eddie Marsan, Jennifer Ehle, Jeremy Irvine, David O'Hara, Anthony Andrews, Ioan Gruffudd, Stephen Dillane, Steve Coogan.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Kasper Tuxen ; editor, Dino Jonsater ; music, Bear McCreary.
- Notes:
- Widescreen.
- Based on The surgeon of Crowthorne / by Simon Winchester.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
- OCLC:
- 1107801450
- Publisher Number:
- 031398304418
- 56286 Vertical Entertainment
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