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The Silence of the Lambs
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Police procedural

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 · R · 1h 59m

Curator Score9.0/ 10
To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.

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February 14, 1991

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Curator Certificate

9.0

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Fear8.5
Gore6.5
Atmosphere9.5
Intensity8.0

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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.

Plot summary via TMDB

Genres

dramahorrorcrimethriller

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TortureBody fluids
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Details

Budget$19M
Box office$272.7M

Directed by

Jonathan Demme

Written by

Ted Tally

Cinematography

Tak Fujimoto

Music

Howard Shore

Starring

Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling · Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter · Scott Glenn as Jack Crawford · Ted Levine as Jame Gumb · Anthony Heald as Dr. Frederick Chilton · Brooke Smith as Catherine Martin · Diane Baker as Senator Ruth Martin · Kasi Lemmons as Ardelia Mapp

Production

A Luta Continua, Orion Pictures, Strong Heart

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