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Silence
of the lambs
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Movie
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Famous quotes
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Book: The Silence of the Lambs (1988)
Movie: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Premise
movie:
" Very few movies have ever won the five top Oscars:
Best Actor, Actress, Screenplay, Director, and Picture. "The Silence
of the Lambs" is one. Adapted from the novel by Thomas Harris, Agent
Clarice Starling (Foster) assists in the hunt for a brutal killer
who is so desperate to be female, he's sowing a woman's suit for
himself out of real skin. Hoping to gain some insight into the
killer's mind, she visits the notorious psychiatrist and serial
killer Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter (Hopkins) in prison. His
dazzling intellect and psychopathic nature both messes with her head
and leads her on the path to success. Of course, while the character
of Lecter (with a voice apparently influenced by HAL, the computer
in "2001") was the crowd-pleaser, the heart of this genuinely
chilling movie lies with Foster. As one of the few actors capable of
carrying off Clarice's complex personality, her encounters with
Anthony Hopkins are among the most compelling in recent cinematic
history."
from:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/02/07/silence_of_the
_lambs_1991_review.shtml
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Premise
book:
"The Silence of the Lambs, by Thomas Harris, is even
better than the successful movie. Like his earlier Red Dragon, the
book takes us inside the world of professional criminal
investigation. All the elements of a well-executed thriller are
working here--driving suspense, compelling characters, inside
information, publicity-hungry bureaucrats thwarting the search, and
the clock ticking relentlessly down toward the death of another
young woman. What enriches this well-told tale is the opportunity to
live inside the minds of both the crime fighters and the criminals
as each struggles in a prison of pain and seeks, sometimes
violently, relief. Clarice Starling, a precociously self-disciplined
FBI trainee, is dispatched by her boss, Section Chief Jack Crawford,
the FBI's most successful tracker of serial killers, to see whether
she can learn anything useful from Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Lecter's a
gifted psychopath whose nickname is "The Cannibal" because he likes
to eat parts of his victims. Isolated by his crimes from all
physical contact with the human race, he plays an enigmatic game
of "Clue" with Starling, providing her with snippets of data that,
if she is smart enough, will lead her to the criminal. Undaunted,
she goes where the data takes her. As the tension mounts and the
bureaucracy thwarts Starling at every turn, Crawford tells
her, "Keep the information and freeze the feelings." Insulted,
betrayed, and humiliated, Starling struggles to focus. If she can
understand Lecter's final, ambiguous scrawl, she can find the
killer. But can she figure it out in time?"
from:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/
0312924585/002-0031136-7998420?v=glance
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Author:
"A native of Mississippi, Thomas Harris began his writing
career covering crime in the United States and Mexico, and
was a reporter and editor for the Associated Press in New York City. His
first novel, BLACK SUNDAY, was published in 1975, followed by RED
DRAGON in 1981, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS in 1988 and HANNIBAL in
1999. "
from:
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/thomasharris/
meet.html
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Director:
Jonathan Demme
Cast:
Jodie Foster (Clarice Sterling), Anthony Hopkins (Hannibal
Lector), Scott Glenn , Ted Levine , Anthony Heald , Brooke Anne
Smith.
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Famous
quotes:
A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava
beans and a nice chianti. (Hannibal Lector)
Tell me, Clarice - have the lambs stopped screaming? (Hannibal
Lector)
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