A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
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- 71 wins & 50 nominations total
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- Trivia(at around 17 mins) Jodie Foster claims that during the first meeting between Dr. Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling, Sir Anthony Hopkins's mocking of her southern accent was improvised on the spot. Foster's horrified reaction was genuine since she felt personally attacked. She later thanked Hopkins for generating such an honest reaction.
- Goofs(at around 44 mins) As Forensics comes to take photos of the victim's body, the "corpse" visibly blinks as hands touch its face.
- Quotes
Hannibal Lecter: A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
- Crazy creditsThere is a 'Moth Wrangler/Make-Up' listed in the crew list.
- Alternate versionsThe Finnish-dubbed VHS version removes:
- Hannibal Lecter beating Pembry against the cell's bars, and spraying liquid to his eyes (along with the shots of the cuffed guard screaming "Jesus Christ!", and a shot of him trying to break loose).
- Lecter beating a guard with a nightstick several times (reduced from 6 hits to 1!).
- A outdrawn sequence that comes right after Lecter has whacked the guards (where he plays music and walks across the dead guard's body) is completely removed (along with Lecter's dialogue Ready when you are, sergeant Pembry).
- Right after Buffalo Bill is shot by Clarice Starling there is a long-lasting (about 15 secs) shot of his bloody dead body, that in the cut version is not that long anymore.
- ConnectionsEdited into A-Z of Horror (1997)
- SoundtracksAmerican Girl
Performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Written by Tom Petty (as T. Petty)
Courtesy of Gone Gator Records
Featured review
Rare to experience a dark n twisted thriller aided by top notch performances, tight script n direction.
I first saw this in the early 90s on a vhs and i still remember how two very old ladies were petrified n blabbering about the movie to my dad and one thing which stayed with me after that conversation was the praising of Hopkins acting by the two grumbling old geezers.
I revisited it in the early 2k on a dvd which I own and was in awe by Hopkins mesmerizing performance.
Revisited it the third time today but this time with my kids as they are 18 now but my wife is still not agreeable.
Everything has been said about this first class thriller n there seems to be nothing left but i jus wanna contribute a lil by praising the performance of Hopkins.
In the entire movie, it is Hopkins' screen presence n footage which keeps u glued.
His character is charismatic but very dangerous that u don't wanna be rude with him.
Some scenes are far fetched but like i said it is the mesmerizing performance by Anthony Hopkins which is the highlight.
I revisited it in the early 2k on a dvd which I own and was in awe by Hopkins mesmerizing performance.
Revisited it the third time today but this time with my kids as they are 18 now but my wife is still not agreeable.
Everything has been said about this first class thriller n there seems to be nothing left but i jus wanna contribute a lil by praising the performance of Hopkins.
In the entire movie, it is Hopkins' screen presence n footage which keeps u glued.
His character is charismatic but very dangerous that u don't wanna be rude with him.
Some scenes are far fetched but like i said it is the mesmerizing performance by Anthony Hopkins which is the highlight.
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- Also known as
- Silence of the Lambs
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- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $130,742,922
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,766,814
- Feb 18, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $272,742,922
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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