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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Directed by Jonathan Demme

Crime | Thriller | Horror

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Overview

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI’s training academy.  Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, 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 a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Rated R | Length 119 minutes

Actors

Jodie Foster | Anthony Hopkins | Scott Glenn | Ted Levine | Anthony Heald | Brooke Smith | Diane Baker | Kasi Lemmons | Frankie Faison | Tracey Walter | Charles Napier | Danny Darst | Alex Coleman | Dan Butler | Paul Lazar | Ron Vawter | Roger Corman | Lawrence A. Bonney | Lawrence T. Wrentz | Don Brockett | Frank Seals Jr. | Stuart Rudin | Jeffrie Lane | Leib Lensky | George 'Red' Schwartz | Jim Roche | James B. Howard | Bill Miller | Chuck Aber | Gene Borkan | Pat McNamara | Kenneth Utt | Adelle Lutz | Obba Babatundé | Jim Dratfield | Stanton-Miranda | Rebecca Saxon | Cynthia Ettinger | Brent Hinkley | Steve Wyatt | David Early | Andre B. Blake | Bill Dalzell | Chris Isaak | Daniel von Bargen | Tommy Lafitte | Josh Broder | Buzz Kilman | Harry Northup | Lauren Roselli | Maria Skorobogatov | Lamont Arnold | John Hall | Ted Monte | George A. Romero | John W. Iwanonkiw | Robert W. Castle | Chris McGinn | Gary Goetzman | George Michael

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

$5 monthly classic film screening via Chicago Critics ( I think they’re all Academy award winners this year).

Neat to see on the screen and still very unsettling. Good suspense in a few of the sequences. Anthony Hopkins is really great in this… like way above everyone else filling expository roles. Crazy but cool this won for Best Picture.

“only the third film to win Academy Awards in all the top five categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.” Bananas!

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