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The Silence of the Lambs
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- 1990
- Jonathan Demme
- 113 mins
- 18
Summary
Classic psychological thriller starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. Promising FBI student Clarice Starling is assigned to help in the search for the serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill", a brutal murderer who skins the bodies of his female victims. Starling seeks the assistance of Dr Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, a sociopathic former psychiatrist held in a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane.
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A star rating of 5 out of 5.
John Ferguson
Adapted from Thomas Harris's bestseller, this movie was responsible for giving cinematic serial killers a better image, with Anthony Hopkins winning an Oscar for his portrayal of incarcerated cannibal Hannibal Lecter. Jodie Foster also bagged herself a statuette as FBI agent Clarice Starling, who is drawn into an uncomfortable relationship with Lecter as she hunts for serial killer "Buffalo Bill", and it's a testament to her abilities that she holds her own against her scene-stealing co-star. With a track record for directing quirky comedies (Something Wild, Married to the Mob), director Jonathan Demme made a seemingly effortless switch to terror, summoning up a magnificent air of gothic gloom. The hunt for the killer is genuinely suspenseful, but Demme generates the real chill with the probing mind games between his two marvellous leads. Spare a thought, too, for the talented supporting players: stoic Scott Glenn as Foster's boss, Ted Levine as the tormented killer and Anthony Heald as the ill-fated hospital head, the butt of the movie's flip end gag.
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rolenameClarice StarlingJodie FosterDr Hannibal LecterAnthony HopkinsJack CrawfordScott GlennJame GumbTed LevineDr Frederick ChiltonAnthony HealdBarneyFrankie FaisonSenator Ruth MartinDiane BakerLieutenant BoyleCharles NapierCatherine MartinBrooke SmithArdelia MappKasi LemmonsAgent BurroughsLawrence T WrentzFBI Director Hayden BurkeRoger CormanFBI Special Agent Paul KrendlerRon VawterSwat commanderChris IsaakLamarTracey WalterFBI InstructorLawrence A BonneyFriendly psychopathDon BrockettBrooding psychopathFrank Seals JrYoung ClariceMasha SkorobogatovClarice's fatherJeffrie LaneFBI agent in MemphisGeorge A Romero
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rolenameDirectorJonathan Demme
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Theatrical distributor
BFI Distribution
Released on
2017-11-03
Languages
English | Latin
Guidance
Violence, swearing, nudity.
Available on
video, DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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