The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American thriller film that blends elements of the crime and horror genres. Directed byJonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn, the film is based on Thomas Harris' 1988 novel of the same name, his second to feature Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer.
In the film, Clarice Starling, a young U.S. FBI trainee, seeks the advice of the imprisoned Dr. Lecter to apprehend another serial killer, known only as "Buffalo Bill".
The Silence of the Lambs was released on February 14, 1991, and grossed $272.7 million worldwide against its $19 million budget. It was only the third film, the other two being It Happened One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, to win Academy Awards in all the top five categories: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Adapted Screenplay. It is also the first Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film, and only the second such film to be nominated in the category, after The Exorcistin 1973. The film is considered "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant by the U.S. Library of Congress and was selected to be preserved in the National Film Registry in 2011.
The official sequel to Silence of the Lambs was Hannibal in 2001, with Anthony Hopkins reprising his role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In the sequel Julianne Moore portrayed FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.
| Directed by | Jonathan Demme |
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| Produced by | Kenneth Utt Edward Saxon Ron Bozman |
| Screenplay by | Ted Tally |
| Based on | The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris |
| Starring | Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn Ted Levine |
| Music by | Howard Shore |
| Cinematography | Tak Fujimoto |
| Edited by | Craig McKay |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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| Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19 million |
| Box office | $272,742,922 |
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