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The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
English
USA
Profile of The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs can be described as tense, captivating, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around special agents, mind games, and a psychopath. The main genres are thriller and crime. In terms of style, The Silence of the Lambs stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place in the 1990s. The Silence of the Lambs is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being a modern classic, an Oscar winner, and a blockbuster. Note that it involves brief nudity, strong violent content, and sexual content.
Summary of The Silence of the Lambs
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 (2001).
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| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 30 January 1991 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Clarice Starling
as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
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