The silence of the lambs

The Resource The silence of the lambs
Label
The silence of the lambs
Statement of responsibility
Orion Pictures Corporation ; a Jonathan Demme picture ; produced by Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon and Ron Bozman ; screenplay by Ted Tally ; directed by Jonathan Demme
Title variation
Silence des agneaux
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
FBI trainee Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman and save her from 'Buffalo Bill, ' a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath, Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal' Lecter, as he used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent-in-charge Jack Crawford believes that the mind manipulator Lecter may have the answers to their questions to help locate the killer. Clarice must try and gain Lecter's confidence before he will give away any information. But, he will only help Clarice if she feeds his morbid curiosity with details from her own complicated life. This twisted relationship forces Clarice not only to confront her psychological demons, but leads her to go face-to-face with the demented killer
Member of
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Craig McKay ; music, Howard Shore
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
  • MPAA rating: R
  • CHV rating: R
  • OFRB rating: R
Language note
Soundtrack in English, French or Spanish with optional subtitles in Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin or Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing; Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.S55 2008
PerformerNote
Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Runtime
118
Series statement
Award series
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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