"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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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.

"The Silence of the Lambs" is a 1991 American horror-thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn. It was adapted by Ted Tally from Thomas Harris' 1988 novel of the same name. The novel was Harris's second to feature the character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The film was the second adaptation of a Harris novel to feature Lecter, preceded by the Michael Mann-directed Manhunter in 1986. In the film, Clarice Starling, a young U.S. FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Lecter to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill".

In 2011 he film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry.

Genre': Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release date: February 14, 1991 (US)

Director: Jonathan Demme

Produced by: Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman
Screenplay by: Ted Tally
Based on: The novel, "The Silence of the Lambs" by Thomas Harris
Music by: Howard Shore
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Edited by: Craig McKay

Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison, Brooke Smith, Charles Napier

Distributed by: Orion Pictures

Awards

Academy Awards (1992 / 64th):
  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Actor in a Leading Role
  • Best Actress in a Leading Role
  • Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Golden Globe Awards (1992)
  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
BAFTA Film Awards (1992)
  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
Overall: 63 wins and 44 nominations
 Photo camera Credit 
* © 1991 - MGM
** © 1991 - Twentieth Century Fox
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"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

"The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)

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Ted Levine | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Brooke Smith | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Charles Napier | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Frankie Faison | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
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Anthony Hopkins | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
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Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Anthony Hopkins | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Anthony Hopkins | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Jodie Foster | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
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Jodie Foster | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
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Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Demme | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Demme | "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991)
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