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From Hannibal Lecter eating liver with chianti to having an old friend for dinner, these are the greatest quotes from The Silence of the Lambs.
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Silence of the Lambs follows FBI trainee Clarice Sterling (Jodie Foster) as she hunts a serial killer known as Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). To find the killer, she must place her trust in the notoriously dangerous but brilliant cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). With Buffalo Bill's latest victim the daughter of a U.S. Senator, the pressure is on Sterling to catch the criminal before he can bring his twisted scheme to fruition.
Silence of the Lambs
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Release Date
- February 14, 1991
- Cast
- Scott Glenn , Jodie Foster , Anthony Hopkins , Ted Levine , Anthony Heald
- Writers
- Ted Tally
- Runtime
- 118 minutes
- prequel(s)
- Hannibal Rising , Red Dragon , Manhunter
- Budget
- $19 Million
Summary
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
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