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The Silence of the Lambs(Movie, 1991)

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| 1h 59min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Silence of the LambsRating: 4.2/5 (with 82458,245 votes)
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 killer. The film also features performances by Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, and Kasi Lemmons. Released on February 14, 1991, the film was a sleeper hit, grossing $272.7 million w... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Silence of the Lambs

Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Director New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Saturn Award for Best Actor National Board of Review: Top Ten Films National Board of Review Award for Best Film 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 Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound

About The Silence of the Lambs

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Thomas Harris ("The Silence of the Lambs")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 38 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 02/14/1991
Appearing Characters: Hannibal Lecter, Clarice Starling, Frederick Chilton, Buffalo Bill
Director: Jonathan Demme
Screenwriter: Ted Tally
Executive Producer: Gary Goetzman
Film Editor: Craig McKay
Director of Photography: Tak Fujimoto
Composer: Howard Shore
Costume designer: Colleen Atwood
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Quzuların Səssizliyi"
"O Silêncio dos Inocentes"
"El silencio de los corderos"
"Le Silence des agneaux"
"Kravta dumili"
"سکوت بره ها"
"Hitsujitachi no Chinmoku"
"양들의 침묵"
"한니발 1"
"El Silencio de los Inocentes"
"De schreeuw van het lam"
"Milczenie Owiec"
Budget: 19,000,000 USD
Revenue: 272,742,922 USD (= 1,435%)

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