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The Silence of the Lambs (film)

The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Produced by
Screenplay by Ted Tally
Based on The Silence of the Lambs
by Thomas Harris
Starring
Music by Howard Shore
Cinematography Tak Fujimoto
Edited by Craig McKay
Production
company
Strong Heart/Demme Production
Distributed by Orion Pictures
Release date
  • January 30, 1991 (1991-01-30) (New York City)
  • February 14, 1991 (1991-02-14) (United States)
Running time
118 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $19 million
Box office $272.7 million
The Silence of the Lambs: The Original Motion Picture Score
Film score by Howard Shore
Released February 5, 1991
Recorded August, 1990 in Munich
Length 57:09
Label MCA Records
Producer Howard Shore
Howard Shore chronology
Big
(1988)
The Silence of the Lambs
(1991)
Naked Lunch
(1991)
Hannibal Lecter chronology
Manhunter
(1986)
The Silence of the Lambs
(1991)
Hannibal
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
Filmtracks.com 3/5 stars
Academy Awards record
Best Picture, Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ronald M. Bozman
Best Director, Jonathan Demme
Best Actor, Anthony Hopkins
Best Actress, Jodie Foster
Best Adapted Screenplay, Ted Tally
Golden Globe Awards record
Best Actress, Jodie Foster
British Academy Film Awards record
Best Actor, Anthony Hopkins
Best Actress, Jodie Foster

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American horror-thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Scott Glenn. Adapted by Ted Tally from the 1988 novel of the same name by Thomas Harris, his second to feature the character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter; a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer, the film was the second adaptation of a Harris novel featuring Lecter, preceded by the Michael Mann-directed Manhunter in 1986. 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 (and so far only) Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film, and only the third such film to be nominated in the category, after The Exorcist in 1973 and Jaws in 1975. 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. A sequel titled Hannibal was released in 2001 with Hopkins reprising his role, followed by two prequels: Red Dragon (2002) and Hannibal Rising (2007).


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