Silence of the Lambs

Theatrical Release Date: 1991 02 14 (USA)

UPC: 027616071514

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations]

Summary: In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy whose shrewd analyses of serial killers lands her a special assignment: the FBI is investigating a vicious murderer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, who kills young women and then removes the skin from their bodies. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), 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 this case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Lecter does indeed know something of Buffalo Bill, but his information comes with a price: in exchange for telling what he knows, he wants to be housed in a more comfortable facility. More important, he wants to speak with Clarice about her past. He skillfully digs into her psyche, forcing her to reveal her innermost traumas and putting her in a position of vulnerability when she can least afford to be weak. The film mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horrors of Lecter's slow-motion interrogation of Clarice and of her memories that emerge from it. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Thriller

Awards: Best Picture – British Academy of Film and Television Arts David Lean Award – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Adapted Screenplay – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actress – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Actor – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Director – null 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Silver Bear for Best Director – Berlin International Film Festival Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – National Board of Review Best Director – National Board of Review Best Picture – New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor – New York Film Critics Circle Best Actress – New York Film Critics Circle Best Director – New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actor – National Board of Review Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – People's Choice Awards Best Director – Directors Guild of America

Features: cc

Breaking the Silence
Understanding the Madness
Inside the Labyrinth
The Silence of the Lambs: From Page to Screen
Scoring the Silence
Original 1991 Making of Featurette
Deleted Scenes
Anthony Hopkins Phone Message
Outtakes Reel
TV Spots
Teaser Trailer
Original Theatrical Trailer

Silence of the Lambs

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 03/03/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 118 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: Spanish

Mark Deming

With Silence of the Lambs, director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Ted Tally, working from the Thomas Harris novel, peel back the layers on the horrors of everyday life and childhood, which begin to loom as large as their villain Hannibal Lecter's more outlandish crimes. Justice is served, but we feel no safer as a result. The Silence of the Lambs won all five major Academy awards, one of only three films in history to do so (the others were It Happened One Night (1934) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)). Jodie Foster's tightly wound Clarice and Anthony Hopkins' Chianti-and-fava-bean-loving Lecter have become classic movie performances, and the film has taken its place as one of the most complicated and unnerving psychological horror movies. Horror films fans will also want to keep an eye peeled for cameos by directors George A. Romero and Roger Corman. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Don Brockett  Actor 
Frankie R. Faison  Actor 
Paul Lazar  Actor 
Stuart Rudin  Actor 
Tracey Walter  Actor 
Bill Miller  Actor 
Lamont Arnold  Actor 
Dan Butler  Actor 
Leib Lensky  Actor 
Red Schwartz  Actor 
Steve Wyatt  Actor 
Kenneth Utt  Actor 
Lawrence A. Bonney  Actor 
David Earle  Actor 
Tommy LaFitte  Actor 
Jim Roche  Actor 
Ron Vawter  Actor 
Chris Isaak  Actor 
George Michael  Actor 
Bill Dalzell III  Actor 
James B. Howard  Actor 
Masha Skorobogatov  Actor 
Howard Feuer  Actor 
Gene Borkan  Actor 
Cynthia Ettinger  Actor 
Jeffrie Lane  Actor 
Lauren Roselli  Actor 
Daniel Von Bargen  Actor 
Adelle Lutz  Actor 
John Hall  Actor 
Andre B. Blake  Actor 
Jim Dratfield  Actor 
Buzz Kilman  Actor 
Harry Northrup  Actor 
Chad Dowdell  Actor 
Chuck Aber  Actor 
Josh Broder  Actor 
Rebecca Saxon  Actor 
Lawrence T. Wrentz  Actor 
Stanton-Miranda  Actor 
Obba Babatunde  Actor 
Alex Coleman  Actor 
Brent Hinkley  Actor 
Frank Seals, Jr.  Actor 
Danny Darst  Actor 
Pat McNamara  Actor 
Ron Bozman  Producer 
Jonathan Demme  Director 
Gary Goetzman  Executive Producer 
Edward Saxon  Producer 
Howard Shore  Composer (Music Score) 
Ted Tally  Screenwriter 
Kenneth Utt  Producer 
Jodie Foster  Actor 
Anthony Hopkins  Actor 
Scott Glenn  Actor 
Anthony Heald  Actor 
Brooke Smith  Actor 
Ted Levine  Actor 
Diane Baker  Actor 
Kasi Lemmons  Actor 
Charles Napier  Actor 
George A. Romero  Actor 

Country: USA