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Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man (2006)

Posted on 06:08 by uthpa
UK
Short Television Documentary
Writer/Director: Richard Alwyn
Cinematographer: Richard Rankin
Cast: Roger Ashton-Griffiths

An informative and pleasingly human portrait of perhaps the most famous of dictionary writers, Samuel Johnson, charting his journey from humble origins to literary stardom. Iain.Stott
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