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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
IMDb Rating 8.6
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Jodie Foster Clarice Starling
Anthony Hopkins Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Scott Glenn Jack Crawford
Anthony Heald Dr. Frederick Chilton
Brooke Smith Catherine Martin
Ted Levine Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb
Diane Baker Senator Ruth Martin
Kasi Lemmons Ardelia Mapp
Charles Napier Lt. Boyle
Roger Corman FBI Director Hayden Burke
Frankie Faison Barney Matthews
Paul Lazar Pilcher
Dan Butler Roden
Plot
In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy whose shrewd analyses of serial killers lands her a special assignment: the FBI is investigating a vicious murderer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, who kills young women and then removes the skin from their bodies. Jack Crawford ( Scott Glenn ) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter ( Anthony Hopkins ), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into this case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Lecter does indeed know something of Buffalo Bill, but his information comes with a price: in exchange for telling what he knows, he wants to be housed in a more comfortable facility. More important, he wants to speak with Clarice about her past. He skillfully digs into her psyche, forcing her to reveal her innermost traumas and putting her in a position of vulnerability when she can least afford to be weak. The film mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horrors of Lecter's slow-motion interrogation of Clarice and of her memories that emerge from it. — Mark Deming
Movie Details
Genre Crime; Horror; Thriller
Director Jonathan Demme; Johnathan Demme
Producer Edward Saxon; Kenneth Utt
Writer Thomas Harris; Ted Tally
Studio MGM
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating R
Running Time 118 mins
Movie Release Date 2/14/1991
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 83
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 10/2/2003
Product Details
Edition Widescreen Special Edition
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 027616865502
Chapters 28
Release Date 2001
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen Dolby
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