Mel Gibson and Sean Penn Create the Oxford Dictionary in 'The Professor and the Madman' Trailer

Against the wishes of Mel Gibson and the film's director, the first trailer for The Professor and the Madman has been released online. First, the details. The biographical film is based on the book The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester and chronicles the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary, which was steered by Professor James Murray (Gibson) who enlisted the help of Dr. William Chester Minor (Sean Penn), who had been imprisoned for murder. As publication loomed, the committee behi...