The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In the novel and the film based on it, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is sent to question an imprisoned sociopath/psychiatrist to get information on one of his former clients, a serial killer given the name Buffalo Bill, who is abducting women and skinning them.
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Thomas Harris - Sociopath - Psychiatrist - Cannibal - Hannibal Lecter - Clarice Starling - FBI - Serial killer - Buffalo Bill
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The film adaptation was released in 1991 and directed by Jonathan Demme, who won an Academy Award for Best Director. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins both won Oscars (for their roles as Clarice Starling and Dr. Hannibal Lecter, respectively); the film won additional Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. It is thus only the third picture to win the five most prestigous Academy Awards (after It Happened One Night, 1934 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975). Three of the characters from this film (Hannibal Lecter, Jack Crawford, and Frederick Chilton) also appeared in an earlier film, Manhunter, though portrayed by different actors, making this film, arguably, an indirect sequel. It is thus the second sequel, out of three, to win Best Picture.
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1991 - Jonathan Demme - Academy Award for Best Director - Jodie Foster - Anthony Hopkins - Oscars - Hannibal Lecter - Best Adapted Screenplay - Best Picture - It Happened One Night - 1934 - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1975 - Jack Crawford - Frederick Chilton - Manhunter
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| ► | Real life influences |
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New Yorker Film Festival: The 5 Scariest Movies Ever?
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