Red Dragon
Red Dragon is a 2002 psychological thriller film based on the 1981 novel by Thomas Harris. It was directed by Brett Ratner and written by Ted Tally. It is the third film of the Dino De Laurentiis Company production, last produced by Universal and last starred by actor Anthony Hopkins. It follows The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Hannibal (2001) as a prequel, being followed by Hannibal Rising (2007). The film sees FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) enlisting the help of serial killer Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to catch another killer, Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes). Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman also star.
Plot
In 1980, FBI agent Will Graham visits forensic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter to discuss a case. Graham has been working with Lecter on a psychological profile of a serial killer; Graham is certain the killer is a cannibal. Realizing Graham is close to discovering he is the killer, Lecter stabs him, but Graham subdues him before falling unconscious. Lecter is imprisoned in an institution for the criminally insane, and Graham, traumatized, retires to Florida with his family.
Cast
- Alex D. Linz
- Anthony Heald
- Anthony Hopkins
- Azura Skye
- Bill Duke
- Brenda Strong
- Cliff Dorfman
- Conrad Palmisano
- Dwier Brown
- Edward Norton
- Ellen Burstyn
- Emily Watson
- Frank Whaley
- Frankie Faison
- Gianni Russo
- Harvey Keitel
- John Rubinstein
- Ken Leung
- Lalo Schifrin
- Lisa Thornhill
- Marc Abraham
- Marguerite MacIntyre
- Mark Moses
- Mary Beth Hurt
- Mary-Louise Parker
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Ralph Fiennes
- Robert Curtis Brown
- Stanley Anderson
- Thomas Curtis
- Tom Verica
- Tyler Patrick Jones
- William Lucking