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The Professor and the Madman

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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Budget: $25,000,000
Revenue: $4,957,273
ROI: -80.2%

Verdict: Flop

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Directors

> Farhad Safinia (Director)
> Kasper Tuxen (Director of Photography)
> Ian Adams (Crowd Assistant Director)

Writers

> Farhad Safinia (Writer)
> Todd Komarnicki (Writer)
> John Boorman (Writer)
> Simon Winchester (Book)