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.
Cast
Mel Gibson
James Murray
Sean Penn
Dr. William Chester Minor
Natalie Dormer
Eliza Merrett
Eddie Marsan
Muncie
Jennifer Ehle
Ada Murray
Jeremy Irvine
Charles Hall
David O'Hara
Church
Anthony Andrews
Benjamin Jowett
Ioan Gruffudd
Henry Bradley
Stephen Dillane
Dr. Richard Brayne
Steve Coogan
Frederick James Furnivall
Laurence Fox
Philip Lyttelton Gell
Lars Brygmann
Max Mueller
Brendan Patricks
Winston Churchill
Adam Fergus
Alfred Minor
Brian Fortune
Head Board Member
Aidan McArdle
Defence Attorney Clarke
David Crowley
Parfit
Kieran O'Reilly
Minor's Father
Bryan Murray
Henry Liddell
Oengus MacNamara
Bailiff #1
Christopher Maleki
Joseph
Sean Duggan
Tom Coleman
Bryan Quinn
Sir Richard
Steve Gunn
Lambeth Man
Malcolm Freeman
Colonel
Joe McKinney
Attendant No.1
Olivia McKevitt
Clare Merrett
Shane Noone
George Merrett
Robert McCormack
Harold Murray
Ronan O'Connor
Gate Guard
John Morton
Scriptorium Assistant
Abigail Coburn
Elsie Murray
Paul Gough
Guard
Lucas Browne
Eastman Minor
Crew
Farhad Safinia
Director, Writer
John Boorman
Writer
Todd Komarnicki
Writer
Simon Winchester
Book
Dino Jonsäter
Editor
Kasper Tuxen
Director of Photography
Bruce Davey
Producer
Mel Gibson
Producer
Gastón Pavlovich
Producer
Tom Conroy
Production Design
Steffen Geypens
Post Production Supervisor
Dan Hubbard
Casting
Bear McCreary
Original Music Composer
Martin White
Stunts
Paul Thompson
Stunts
Stephen Ryan
Stunts
Gary Robinson
Stunts
Donal O'Shea
Stunts
Phil Lonergan
Stunts
Martin Kenny
Stunts
Norman Kelly
Stunts
Michael Hanna
Stunts
David Flynn
Stunts
Andrew Eadie
Stunts
Darron Costello
Stunts
Paul Carroll
Stunts
David Byrne
Stunts
Lemuel Black
Stunts
Eimear O'Grady
Stunt Coordinator
Giedrius Nagys
Stunt Coordinator
Brendan Condren
Stunt Coordinator
Ian Adams
Crowd Assistant Director
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