The Silence of the Lambs 1991

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 118 min

genre: horror

theme: psychological horror

director: Jonathan Demme

Score: 9 / 10

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee who is hunting a serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine), who skins his female victims. To catch him, she seeks the advice of the imprisoned Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial murderer. The film also features performances by Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, and Kasi Lemmons.

Plot

Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee at the Quantico Academy, is recruited by Behavioral Science Unit chief Jack Crawford to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant and cannibalistic psychiatrist imprisoned at the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Under the guise of soliciting his participation in a psychological survey, Crawford secretly aims to leverage Lecter's insights to apprehend "Buffalo Bill", a serial killer who murders young women and removes their skin.

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author	Ted Tally
award	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Director National Board of Review Award for Best Film National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Saturn Award for Best Actor Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
contentLocation	Baltimore Illinois Memphis Ohio Quantico Virginia Washington, D.C.
director	Jonathan Demme
editor	Craig McKay
events	offender profiling serial killer
genre	crime drama horror thriller
keywords	academy anagram buffalo bill cannibalistic case file clarice starling cock criminally insane death\'s-head hawkmoth fbi federal bureau of investigation frederick chilton hannibal lecter human cannibalism human flesh iron sulfide jack crawford kill montana murder night-vision goggles old friend orphan police officer prime suspect provoke pyrite quid pro quo reject rescue scream semen severed head spring storage unit tennessee transsexual trap traumatic childhood unfinished young women
musicBy	Howard Shore
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Edward Saxon Kenneth Utt Ron Bozman
productionCompany	Strong Heart Productions
publisher	Orion Pictures
recordedAt	Bimini Carnegie Museum of Natural History FBI Academy Layton Old Allegheny County Jail Pittsburgh Pittsburgh International Airport South Bimini Airport
theme	psychological horror psychological thriller serial killer