In one of the main sub-plots, he wants to give his US military pension to the man's widow, Eliza Merrett (Natalie Dormer), who is struggling to bring up three young children.ĭr. William Chester Minor (Sean Penn) who has been incarcerated in Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum after being found guilty of the murder of a man. When they launch a public appeal, they catch the attention of Dr. With the help of a small team, he starts to realise that they are not progressing fast enough, particularly as they are researching the origins of all words through the centuries. Directed by Farhad Safinia (his first feature film) and starring Mel Gibson (Braveheart Lethal Weapon Mad Max Signs Ransom Edge of Darkness The Patriot), Sean Penn (Mystic River Milk Carlito's Way The Interpreter), Natalie Dormer (In Darkness The Hunger Games Captain America: The First Avenger Game of Thrones (tv series)).īased on Simon Winchester's book "The Surgeon of Crowthorne", the story is set in Oxford (but filmed in Trinity College, Dublin) in the mid 19th century, where Professor James Murray (Mel Gibson) begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
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