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The Professor

The Professor

20186.81h 30m

Overview

A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

Directed by Wayne Roberts
Written by Wayne Roberts
Produced by Warren Carr, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Greg Shapiro
Box Office0Revenue: $3.6M

Top Cast

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Richard Brown

Rosemarie DeWitt

Rosemarie DeWitt

Veronica Sinclair-Brown

Odessa Young

Odessa Young

Olivia Brown

Danny Huston

Danny Huston

Peter Matthew

Zoey Deutch

Zoey Deutch

Claire

Devon Terrell

Devon Terrell

Danny

Ron Livingston

Ron Livingston

Henry Wright

Linda Emond

Linda Emond

Barbara

Matreya Scarrwener

Matreya Scarrwener

Rose

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Donna

Themes & Keywords

terminal illnessdrugsdrinkingmadnesscollege professor

About The Professor

The Professor is a comedy, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of terminal illness, drugs, drinking, madness, college professor. Directed by Wayne Roberts, it stars Johnny Depp, Rosemarie DeWitt, Odessa Young. A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

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