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Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins will likely be forever associated with their roles in this bone-chilling masterpiece, based on the novel by Thomas Harris and directed by Jonathan Demme. FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Foster) is sent by her supervisor (Scott Glenn) to interview ferociously intelligent serial killer Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lechter (Hopkins) at his cell in a Maryland mental hospital. The FBI hopes Lechter can provide insight into the mind of killer-at-large, Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), whose current abductee happens to be the daughter of a senator. Intrigued by Clairice, Lechter demands information about her personal life and in exchange for clues, and the two begin to form a strangely intimate connection, with a girl's life hanging in the balance. Starling is gradually revealed as a woman struggling out of her own darkness, bound to aid the dysfunctional males around her on their own paths of transformation, liberation, and destruction. This is a film of brilliant and disturbing beauty that transcends its B-movie origins (though it does honour them with a cameo appearance by Roger Corman). Its enduring influence has led to a slew of similarly dark-toned serial killer films, and a sequel, HANNIBAL (2001).

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EAN5035822281998

eBay Product ID (ePID)46994711

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ActorFrankie R. Faison, Jodie Foster, Anthony Heald, Scott Glenn, Kasi Lemmons, Ted Levine, Anthony Hopkins

Film/TV TitleSilence of the Lambs

DirectorJonathan Demme

LanguageEnglish

Run Time113 Mins

FormatDVD

Release Year2006

FeaturesUltimate Edition

FranchiseHannibal Lecter

GenreThriller, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate18

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerHoward Shore

ReviewsSight And Sound - ... A sombre masterpiece... The film creates a world drained of light, counterpointed by a sinister and unsettling score..., Rolling Stone - ...Superbly crafted... THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS slams you like a sudden blast of bone-chilling, pulse-pounding terror...

AwardsBest Director 1992 - Jonathan Demme, Best Screenplay Based On Material Previously Produced Or Published 1992 - Ted Tally, Best Actress 1992 - Jodie Foster, Best Picture 1992 -, Best Actress In A Leading Role 1992 - Jodie Foster, Best Actor In A Leading Role 1992 - Anthony Hopkins, Best Actor 1992 - Anthony Hopkins

ScreenwriterTed Tally

AuthorThomas Harris

Movie/TV TitleSilence Of The Lambs