FOREIGN FILM
Friday, April 21, 1:30 p.m.
Lawrence Public Library, Room C
The Professor and the Madman
Professor James Murray, played by Mel Gibson 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 Dr. William Minor, a patient at the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, played by Sean Penn. This movie, directed by Farhad Safinia, is the incredible true story that
defined our world. (2019, 2 hours 4 minutes)