World Famous Comics: The Silence of the Lambs (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
The Silence of the Lambs (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine Directed By: Jonathan Demme Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 30, 2007 Running Time: 118 minutes Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1991
Product Description: Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins deliver sensational Oscar®-winning* performances in this 'shockingly powerful thriller (New York). 'stunning (Los Angeles Times) and 'spellbinding (The Hollywood Reporter) this terrifying masterpiece garnered* five Academy Awards® including Best Picture. A psychopath nicknamed Buffalo Bill is murdering women across the Midwest. Believing it takes one to know one the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide clues to the killer's actions. That prisoner ispsychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) a brilliant diabolical cannibal who agrees to help Starling only if she'll feed his morbid curiosity with details of her own complicated life. As their relationship develops Starling is forced to confront not only her own hidden demons but also an evilso powerful that she may not have the courageor strengthto stop it! *1991: Director Actor (Hopkins) Actress (Foster) Adapted ScreenplayDisc 1:FEATURE FILMDisc 2:SPECIAL FEATURESInside the Labyrinth: Making of The Silence of the LambsThe Silence of the Lambs: Page to Screen (2 Part Documentary)Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster (3 Part Documentary)Scoring the SilenceOriginal 1991 Making Of FeaturetteDeleted ScenesOuttakes ReelAnthony Hopkins Phone MessageTV SpotsPhoto GalleryTheatrical TrailerTeaser TrailerOther MGM TrailersSystem Requirements:Run Time: 118 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS Rating: R UPC: 027616065841 Manufacturer No: M106584
Amazon.com essential video: Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat), and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere, and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. --Tom Keogh
Amazon.com essential video: Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat), and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere, and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. --Tom Keogh
Excellent! This movie is my all-time-favorite! Great actors, director, performances, and screenplay! Oh, and you should try to locate the "motif", and how the protagonist relates to the victim of the film.
Brilliant but yucky!!!!!! There's no denying Hopkins mastery in this movie. Foster is equally masterful. The script, direction, atmosphere is simply brilliant. I'm not new to gore but I don't like the cannibal stuff. Yuck!!!!!!! A brilliant movie that will take its place in horror history. It's a must see movie for horror or thriller fans, but it's not appropriate for kids. Easily in the top twenty of all time best horror films. Recommended!!!
Kept me wanting more from start to finish The Silence of the Lambs is hard to recommend. Others who never dare to tread inside the mind or get shocked and scarred on the mere fact that a doctor who knows the mind also happens to eat people will hate this. The others that find darkness and the darkness of the human nature will find this movie one to think about, and will love it. I find it completely awesome that this movie covers so much of the dark side of human nature.
First off, this movie is just incredibly well played out, directed, and acted. The music and the way everything is set up makes everything flow so well, and it drives the point home. Just witness how Clarice's first encounter with Hannibal. Everything is executed so well you can really feel tense anticipating that first encounter with a man who is said to rip you apart from the body to the mind. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, both well acted, they do a great job. Anthony Hopkins deserved all the awards, especially because he makes his character so memorable despite his small screen time. And props to Buffalo Bill as well, and the kidnapped daughter (I could really feel the distress she was going through down in that hole). You can really feel the characters.
The story is the main part. Using a serial killer to find a serial killer is kind of absurd, but I found that Hannibal Lector is compelling as he is. He is the best serial killer in a movie. Having the brains of a genius who knows the mind more than someone knows themselves goes to show brains do help. The mere fact he knows that, along with being a cannibal, awesome. Watching a killer like that makes me wonder if there are people like Lector in the neighborhood. There could be people like that. It's very real (though to be fair, any idiot can put on a mask and weld a knife).
The Silence of The Lambs may not scare you, so don't really write it off as this really scary movie that will make you shake all over if it doesn't. It's really just a fascinating, entertaining movie that will make you want more until the credits roll. Watch it. If you don't like it, that's fine, but you should just watch it. If you haven't, do it.
Arrived quickly - nice bonus DVD This was a gift for my man - a fan of this series. A good choice - the second DVD has lots of good fyi's, and of course, the movie rocks.
My favorite movie EVER ...this and The Godfather.
This movie is brilliant; it's all about Hopkins' and Foster's acting. Yes, it can be horrifying and over-the-top, but this is NOT a "horror movie;" it's not camp. It's a brilliantly terrifying movie that will forever be a classic. Those who don't like it are uptight and have no taste in movies! :)
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