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Unlike a lot of viewers, I first saw The Silence of the Lambs at five years old. So, for me, The Silence of the Lambs is a childhood favorite. Some would say I had an unusual childhood, in this age where some people actually avoid R-rated movies like the plague. The fact that I saw Something Wild, which Jonathan Demme directed five years before The Silence of the Lambs, as well as the original Alien (alone at that), at the same age probably indicates that they were okay with me watching pretty much anything that wasn't rated X, though, honestly, I've never had any interest in... read the rest.
The Silence of the Lambs
(1991)
Overview
FBI trainee Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. Unfortunately, her Faustian relationship with Lecter soon leads to his escape, and now two deranged killers are on the loose.
Tagline
To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.
Crew
| Director: | Jonathan Demme |
| Writers: | Ted Tally, Thomas Harris |
Cast
Jodie Foster 
Anthony Hopkins 
Scott Glenn 
Ted Levine |
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Production Companies
Orion Pictures, Strong Heart/Demme Production
