Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man

Overview

Drama-documentary telling the story of Samuel Johnson's creation of the first English dictionary, in an attic room just off Fleet Street in Georgian London. The depressive writer-for-hire with Tourette's syndrome did for the English language what Newton had done for the stars, classifying words, fixing their meaning and bringing order to the chaos of language. It took him nine years, but in the process an anonymous writer became a literary superstar.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 1, 2006

Original language

English

Director

Richard Alwyn

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0811052