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Release Date
• USA: Feb 14, 1991
DVD Release Date
• R1: Oct 5, 1997
• R2: 6 Aug 2001
Budget $22,000,000
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The Silence of the Lambs Website
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 58 minutes
Country USA
Studio Orion, Strong Heart
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Other Titles
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Das Schweigen der Lämmer (1991)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Horror, Serial Killer, Psychos, Suspense, Cannibals, Murder, Disturbing, Detectives, Police, Mental Illness, Escape, Prison, Investigation, Gay/Lesbian, Psychodrama, Revenge, Kidnapping, Cult Classic
Tagline: Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant. Cunning. Psychotic. In his mind lies the clue to a ruthless killer. - Clarice Starling, FBI. Brilliant. Vulnerable. Alone. She must trust him to stop the killer.
Plot: 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 honor 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
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Excellently crafted with lots of exciting and suspenseful moments to go along with the greatly written script by Ted Tally and some high-grade acting. A must.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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Jonathan Demme
Philadelphia, The Manchurian Candidate, Married to the Mob |
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Red Dragon, All the Pretty Horses, The Juror |
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Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Se7en |
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