Red dragon

The Red Dragon is the national flag of Wales.

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Red Dragon is also a tile in Mahjong.

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Red Dragon is a novel written by Thomas Harris and featuring the brilliant psychiatrist and serial killer Hannibal Lecter. It was originally published in 1981, but found a new audience in the early 1990s after the success of its sequel, The Silence of the Lambs. The title refers to a painting by William Blake, The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun.

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Novel - Thomas Harris - Psychiatrist - Serial killer - Hannibal Lecter - 1981 - 1990s - Sequel - The Silence of the Lambs - William Blake

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Red Dragon is, in both publishing chronology and story order, the first book in the Lecter trilogy. It takes place well before the events in The Silence of the Lambs, and relatively soon after Lecter's original capture and incarceration. That being said, Lecter plays a small role, appearing in only one scene. Rather, it focuses more on the characters of Will Graham and the tortured serial killer, Francis Dolarhyde.

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Will Graham - Francis Dolarhyde

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The story has been filmed twice. The first film, released in 1986 under the title Manhunter, was directed by Michael Mann and focused on FBI Special Agent Will Graham, played by William Petersen. Lecter was played by Brian Cox. The second film, which used the original title, appeared in 2002. Directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally (who also wrote the screenplay for Silence of the Lambs), it starred Edward Norton as Graham and Anthony Hopkins as Lecter—a role he had, by then, played twice before in The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. This film is followed by Young Hannibal.

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1986 - Manhunter - Michael Mann - FBI - William Petersen - Brian Cox - 2002 - Brett Ratner - Screenplay - Edward Norton - Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs - Hannibal - Young Hannibal

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;Tagline : To understand the origin of evil, you must go back to the beginning.

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