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| After a decade in abeyance, the
courtly cannibal, Hannibal Lecter, returns to the screen,
again played by Anthony Hopkins, under the direction of
Ridley Scott. When F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling (Julianne
Moore) is blamed for a botched drug bust, her boss Paul
Krendler (Ray Liotta) makes a media circus of her
humiliation, which catches the attention of Lecter. Now a
hardened veteran, she begins receiving letters from the
twisted genius, who remains obsessed with her. Yet she's not
the only one interested in drawing out the psychopath, now
lecturing on the Renaissance in Florence. Italian detective
Pazzi (Giancarlo Giannini) hopes to impress his young wife
by nailing the reward for his capture, and wealthy pedophile
Mason Verger (Gary Oldman) is eager to take revenge against
the cannibal for leaving him with a hideously deformed face.
But they're no match for Hannibal's coyly satanic ubiquity,
which bewilders his quickly narcotized foes before he
administers a punishment sufficiently grotesque to suit his
sense of amusement.The odious Krendler, in particular,
learns to use his gray matter for, perhaps, the first time
in his life. However, all is prologue to his fated
rendezvous with Clarice. A banquet for the splatterati,
reveling as it does in gore and dismemberment, the film
features brilliant work by a stellar cast, and the kind of
meticulous art direction and lushly magnificent photography
that one has come to expect of one of Scott.
"...Handsomely staged....[The] presentation is
mournfully beautiful; rarely has a director used so many
variations on midnight blue..."
"I should tell you...I've given serious thought...to
eating your wife."--Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
to Pazzi (Giancarlo Giannini) "Hello,
Clarice..."--Hannibal Lecter to Clarice Starling
(Julianne Moore)
"...Gruesomely engrossing....Lecter remains a
riveting figure of fear..."
"...Tantalizing, engrossing....HANNIBAL imparts its
own pleasures by painting a portrait of a man of ultimate
civilized refinements whose dark side always threatens to
lurch out violently..."
Theatrical Release: February 9, 2001 Shooting locations:
Richmond, VA, Asheville, NC, Washington, D.C., and Florence
and Sardinia, Italy. Jodie Foster, who starred in SILENCE OF
THE LAMBS, passed on the film, because she was dissatisfied
with the manner in which the character of Clarice was
handled. Jonathan Demme, the director of SILENCE OF THE
LAMBS, passed on the film due to what he felt was its
excessive violence. Julianne Moore underwent basic FBI
training at the organization's Quantico, VA facility, in
preparation for her role. Anthony Hopkins has stated that he
based Lecter's gait on that of a cat. Italy's Popular
Political Party protested the shooting of one of Lecter's
murders in the historic Palazzo Vacchio.
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| DVD Features: |
Region 1
Keep Case
2-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen -
1.85
Audio:
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary -
1. Ridley Scott - Director
Deleted Scenes
Making-Of -
1. BREAKING THE SILENCE
Interactive Features:
Multiple Angles
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills/Photos -
1. Gallery |
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