The Silence of the Lambs [Criterion Collection]

Overview

At the beginning of The Silence of the Lambs, an FBI trainee named Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is assigned to prepare a psychological profile of serial killer Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins), in the hopes that he can help solve the mystery of another mass murderer, Buffalo Bill. Notorious for eating his victims, the coolly intelligent Lector gives Starling information on a quid-pro-quo basis--if she reveals details of her troubled childhood, he will give her information to help catch Buffalo Bill. Based on Thomas Harris' novel of the same name, The Silence of the Lambs is cleverly balanced between the psychological drama between Lector and Starling, and a graphic examination of the FBI's attempts to track down a serial killer before he murders again. Driven by Jonathan Demme's taut direction and expertly nuanced performances by Foster and Hopkins, the movie may be too violent and disturbing for some tastes, yet there is no denying that it is one of the most powerful thrillers of its era. The Silence of the Lambs won all five major Academy Awards--Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Foster), and Best Adapted Screenplay. The character of Hannibal Lector was previously seen in Michael Mann's 1986 film Manhunter, which was based on Thomas Harris' novel, Red Dragon.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/13/2018
UPC:	0715515210416
Original Release:	1991
Rating:	R
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:58:00
Sales rank:	12,527

Special Features

Audio commentary from 1994 featuring director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and former FBI agent John Douglas New interview with critic Maitland McDonagh Thirty-eight minutes of deleted scenes Interview from 2005 with Demme and Foster Four documentaries featuring hours of interviews with cast and crew Behind-the-scenes featurette Storyboards Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jodie Foster	Clarice Starling
Anthony Hopkins	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Scott Glenn	Jack Crawford
Ted Levine	Jame Gumb
Anthony Heald	Dr. Frederick Chilton
Diane Baker	Sen. Ruth Martin
Kasi Lemmons	Ardelia Mapp
Brooke Smith	Catherine Martin
Dan Butler	Roden
Paul Lazar	Pilcher
Danny Darst	Sgt. Tate
Charles Napier	Lt. Boyle
Tracey Walter	Lamar
Cynthia Ettinger	Off. Jacobs
Brent Hinkley	Officer Murray
Roger Corman	FBI Director Hayden Burke
Chris Isaak	Swat Commander
Ron Vawter	Paul Krendler
Lawrence A. Bonney	FBI Instructor
Lawrence T. Wrentz	Agent Burroughs
Frankie Faison	Barney
Don Brockett	Friendly Psychopath
Frank Seals Jr.	Brooding Psychopath
Stuart Rudin	Miggs
Masha Skorobogatov	Young Clarice,Actor
Jeffrie Lane	Clarice's Father
Leib Lensky	Mr. Lang
Red Schwartz	Mr. Lang's Driver,Actor,Mr. Lang's Driver
Jim Roche	TV Evangelist
James B. Howard	Boxing Instructor,Actor
Bill Miller	Mr. Brigham
Chuck Aber	Agent Terry
Gene Borkan	Oscar
Pat McNamara	Sheriff Perkins
Kenneth Utt	Dr. Akin
Adelle Lutz	TV Anchor Woman
George Micheal	TV Sportscaster
Jim Dratfield	Senator Martin's Aide
Stanton-Miranda	Reporter #1
Rebecca Saxon	Reporter #2
Steve Wyatt	Airport Flirt
Alex Coleman	Sergeant Pembry
David Early	Spooked Memphis Cop
Andre Blake	Tall Memphis Cop,Tall Memphis Cop
Bill Dalzell III	Distraught Memphis Cop
Daniel Von Bargen	Swat Communicator
Tommy LaFitte	Swat Shooter
Josh Broder	EMS Attendant
Buzz Kilman	EMS Driver
Harry Northrup	Mr. Bimmel
Lauren Roselli	Stacy Hubka
Lamont Arnold	Flower Delivery Man
George A. Romero	Memphis FBI Agent
Darla	'Precious'
John Hall	State Trooper
Chad Dowdell	Scared Man (uncredited)
Howard Shore	Composer

Technical Credits

Ted Tally

Jonathan Demme	Director
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	Special Effects
Ron Bozman	Producer
Howard Feuer	Casting
Gary Goetzman	Executive Producer,Producer
John Robotham	Stunts
Edward Saxon	Producer
Kenneth Utt	Producer,Executive Producer
Skip Lievsay	Sound/Sound Designer
Ted Tally	Screenwriter
Ron Bochar	Sound Effects
David Boulton	Sound Effects
Missy Cohen	Sound Effects
Randall Coleman	Sound Effects
Marko A. Costanzo	Sound Effects
Michael Cassidy	Stunts
Grace Blake	Producer
Walter Robles	Stunts
George P. Wilbur	Stunts
Tom Fleischman	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion Collection)
1. The Yellow Brick Road
2. Clairice's Descent
3. "Miss The Rest Of Me"
4. "American Girl"
5. "Discuss It In Private"
6. "Meet Mr. Acherontia Styx"
7. Quid Pro Quo
8. "Love Your Suit"
9. The Slaughter Of The Lambs
10. Snapshot From Hell
11. Profiling: Modus Operandi
12. "We Know Who He Is"
13. "Sewing Was Her Life"
14. The Blood Chamber
15. Graduation
1. Mythology Of The Female Hero
2. Filters And Submarines
3. Anxiety From Nothing
4. Bundy, Heidnik, And Gein
5. Good-Old-Boy Syndrome
6. Does Clarice Have A Boyfriend?
7. Hopkins's Journey To Lecter
8. Cuddly, Camp Figure
9. Seduction Scenes
10. Victimology And Execution
11. Learned Behavior
12. Levine As Gumb
13. Editing The Confrontation
14. Protected By Women's Armor
15. A Screening For The FBI
1. Chapter 1 [1:17]
2. Chapter 2 [1:02]
3. Chapter 3 [:10]
4. Chapter 4 [6:10]
5. Chapter 5 [:18]
6. Chapter 6 [1:27]
7. Chapter 7 [7:33]
8. Chapter 8 [:53]
9. Chapter 9 [:14]
10. Chapter 10 [1:36]
11. Chapter 11 [:39]
12. Chapter 12 [1:06]
13. Chapter 13 [1:43]
14. Chapter 14 [2:29]
15. Chapter 15 [4:10]
16. Chapter 16 [:50]
17. Chapter 17 [1:12]
18. Chapter 18 [1:01]
19. Chapter 19 [:38]
20. Chapter 20 [:11]
21. Chapter 21 [:20]
22. Chapter 22 [:29]
23. Chapter 23 [1:45]
24. Chapter 24 [:33]
1. Chapter 1 [17:57]
Disc #2 -- The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion Collection)
1. Chapter 1 [52:27]
1. Chapter 1 [53:32]
2. Chapter 2 [12:48]
1. Chapter 1 [41:04]
1. Chapter 1 [15:58]
1. Chapter 1 [19:31]

Menu

Disc #1 -- The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion Collection)
   Play The Movie
   Chapters
   Commentary: This Commentary Track, Recorded For The Criterion Collection In 1994, Features Director Jonathan Demme, Actors Jodie Foster And Anthony Hopkins, Screenwriter Ted Tally, And Former FBI Agent John Douglas.
      Commentary: On
      Index
   Audio Options
      Original 2.0 Surround Soundtrack
      Alternate 5.1 Surround Soundtrack
      Commentary: On
   Deleted Scenes: The Following Footage Is Thirty-Eight Minutes Of Scenes That Were Cut From The Silence Of The Lambs. Please Note That The Archival Video Presented Here Is The Best Available Source For This Material.
      Play
      Chapters
   Maitland McDonagh: In This Program, Produced By The Criterion Collection In 2017, Film Critic Maitland McDonagh Explores Our Cultural Fascination With Serial Killers And The Silence Of The Lambs.
      Chapters
   Trailer
Disc #2 -- The Silence of the Lambs (Criterion Collection)
   Jonathan Demme And Jodie Foster: This Three-Part 2005 Documentary By Laurent Bouzereau Features Interviews With Actor Jodie Foster And Director Jonathan Demme.
      Chapters
   Inside The Labyrinth
      Chapters
   Page To Screen: This 2002 Episode Of The Bravo Television Show Page To Screen Features Key Members Of The Film's Cast And Crew Discussing Thomas Harris's Source Novel And The Production.
      Chapters
   Scoring "The Silence": The Following Is a 2004 Interview With The Silence Of The Lamb's Composer, Howard Shore.
      Chapters
   Understanding The Madness
      Chapters
   Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
   Storyboards

Editorial Reviews

One of the most gripping and horrifying thrillers ever, The Silence of the Lambs introduced moviegoers to the screen's most blood-curdling antihero: brilliant, urbane, softspoken Hannibal Lecter -- a psychotic killer and confirmed cannibal. As depicted with three-dimensional fidelity by Anthony Hopkins, Lecter's a shrewdly manipulative but devilishly charming fiend to whom maximum-security incarceration is merely a temporary setback. Jonathan Demme's bone-chilling adaptation of the bestselling novel by Thomas Harris initially focuses on FBI agent Clarice Starling (played by Jodie Foster), following her exhaustive but ineffectual search for a serial killer. She approaches Lecter for help, persuading him to give her valuable insights into the workings of a similarly affected criminal mind. But the importance of Starling's quest recedes dramatically when the evil genius escapes, and Demme tantalizes viewers with her dilemma: Can she find the killer before Lecter finds her? An intense, unforgettable thriller that confounds genre expectations, Silence draws its effectiveness from a beautifully crafted screenplay rich in characterization, Oscar-winning performances by Hopkins and Foster; and the sure-handed direction of Demme.

Barnes & Noble - Ed Hulse

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.

All Movie Guide - Mark Deming

It has been a good long while since I have felt the presence of Evil so manifestly demonstrated as in the first appearance of Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs.

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert