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Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1344L )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc
Audio Commentary by Director Jonathan Demme, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI Agent John Douglas
Deleted Scenes
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Production Stills
Filmographies on Jonathan Demme, Anthony Hopkins, and Jodie Foster
8 Chapters of FBI Material on Serial Killers
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 - 118 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins will likely be forever associated with their roles in this bone-chilling masterpiece, based on the novel by Thomas Harris and directed by Jonathan Demme. FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Foster) is sent by her supervisor (Scott Glenn) to interview ferociously intelligent serial killer Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lechter (Hopkins) at his cell in a Maryland mental hospital. The FBI hopes Lechter can provide insight into the mind of killer-at-large, Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), whose current abductee happens to be the daughter of a senator. Intrigued by Clairice, Lechter demands information about her personal life and in exchange for clues, and the two begin to form a strangely intimate connection, with a girl's life hanging in the balance. Starling is gradually revealed as a woman struggling out of her own darkness, bound to aid the dysfunctional males around her on their own paths of transformation, liberation, and destruction. This is a film of brilliant and disturbing beauty that transcends its B-movie origins (though it does honor them with a cameo appearance by Roger Corman). Its enduring influence has led to a slew of similarly dark-toned serial killer films, and a sequel, HANNIBAL (2001).

LaserDisc Movie Review:
In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy whose shrewd analyses of serial killers lands her a special assignment: the FBI is investigating a vicious murderer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, who kills young women and then removes the skin from their bodies. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into this case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Lecter does indeed know something of Buffalo Bill, but his information comes with a price: in exchange for telling what he knows, he wants to be housed in a more comfortable facility. More important, he wants to speak with Clarice about her past. He skillfully digs into her psyche, forcing her to reveal her innermost traumas and putting her in a position of vulnerability when she can least afford to be weak. The film mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horrors of Lecter's slow-motion interrogation of Clarice and of her memories that emerge from it. --- Mark Deming

The only horror film to win a Best Picture Oscar, The Silence of the Lambs was released early in the year by a company (Orion) that went bankrupt and could not afford a significant award campaign for the film. For these reasons, it is among the least typical of Oscar-winning Best Pictures, a distinctive incidence of good filmmaking winning out over movies with more studio promotion behind them. It succeeds almost entirely due to the performance of Anthony Hopkins as cannibal serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Indeed, both co-star Jodie Foster and director Jonathan Demme took home Oscars largely for having had the good sense to allow Hopkins to dominate the film. Hopkins' Best Actor award notwithstanding, Lecter is only a supporting character, onscreen for less than a third of the film. The central story, about the search by a young FBI agent (Foster) for a different serial killer, Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), is considerably less interesting, though Foster does an admirable job of bringing credibility to a convincing showdown sequence. --- Richard Gilliam

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Cast for The Silence of the Lambs

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

Crew for The Silence of the Lambs

Ron Bozman - Producer
Edward Saxon - Producer
Kenneth Utt - Producer
Jonathan Demme - Screenwriter / Director
Ted Tally - Screenwriter
Tak Fujimoto - Cinematographer
Howard Shore - Composer (Music Score)
Craig McKay - Editor
Kristi Zea - Production Designer
Tim Galvin - Art Director
Grace Blake - Associate Producer
Gary Goetzman - Executive Producer
Karen O'Hara - Set Designer
Colleen Atwood - Costume Designer
Howard Feuer - Casting

Awards for The Silence of the Lambs

Best Actor (win) Anthony Hopkins 1991 Academy
Best Actress (win) Jodie Foster 1991 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) Ted Tally 1991 Academy
Best Director (win) Jonathan Demme 1991 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Craig McKay 1991 Academy
Best Picture (win) 1991 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Newman, Christopher 1991 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Fleishman, Tom 1991 Academy
Silver Bear (Best Director) (win) Jonathan Demme 1991 Berlin International Film Festival
Best Actor (win) Anthony Hopkins 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Actress (win) Jodie Foster 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (nom) Ted Tally 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Director (David Lean Award) (nom) Jonathan Demme 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Film (nom) 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (win) 1991 CHI
Best Actress (win) 1991 CHI
Best Director (win) 1991 CHI
Best Picture (win) 1991 CHI
Best Director 1991 Directors Guild of America
10 Best Films 1991 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Director 1991 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Actor (win) Anthony Hopkins 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actress (win) Jodie Foster 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Director (win) Jonathan Demme 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (win) 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actor (Drama) (nom) Anthony Hopkins 1992 Golden Globe
Best Actress (Drama) (win) Jodie Foster 1992 Golden Globe
Best Director (nom) Jonathan Demme 1992 Golden Globe
Best Film (Drama) (nom) 1992 Golden Globe
Best Film (in Drama) 1992 PEO
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

Feature Details

Title: The Silence of the Lambs
Feature Release Date: 1991
Genre: Thriller
Rating: R
Color: Color
Runtime: 118 Minutes
Chapters: 51
Picture: Letterboxed
Ratio: 1.85:1
Playback Format: CLV+CAV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 14 Sep 1994
Catalog Number: CC1344L
UPC: 715515003957
ISBN: 1-5594-0348-9
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Manufacturer 2: Kuraray
Collection: Criterion Collection
Publisher: Criterion

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 4
Cover: Jacket
Certification: THX
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: CC1344L
Shipping Weight: 2 lbs
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Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins and Scott Glenn in...

The Silence of the Lambs

Criterion Collection

( Catalog Number CC1344L )
(THX) (1.85:1) (4 Sides) (CLV+CAV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc
Audio Commentary by Director Jonathan Demme, Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI Agent John Douglas
Deleted Scenes
Storyboards and Film-to-storyboard Comparison
Production Stills
Filmographies on Jonathan Demme, Anthony Hopkins, and Jodie Foster
8 Chapters of FBI Material on Serial Killers
See the History of Criterion LaserDiscs at DaDon's...

The Silence of the Lambs
1991 - 118 min. - Color
Genre: Thriller
Rated R
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins will likely be forever associated with their roles in this bone-chilling masterpiece, based on the novel by Thomas Harris and directed by Jonathan Demme. FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Foster) is sent by her supervisor (Scott Glenn) to interview ferociously intelligent serial killer Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lechter (Hopkins) at his cell in a Maryland mental hospital. The FBI hopes Lechter can provide insight into the mind of killer-at-large, Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), whose current abductee happens to be the daughter of a senator. Intrigued by Clairice, Lechter demands information about her personal life and in exchange for clues, and the two begin to form a strangely intimate connection, with a girl's life hanging in the balance. Starling is gradually revealed as a woman struggling out of her own darkness, bound to aid the dysfunctional males around her on their own paths of transformation, liberation, and destruction. This is a film of brilliant and disturbing beauty that transcends its B-movie origins (though it does honor them with a cameo appearance by Roger Corman). Its enduring influence has led to a slew of similarly dark-toned serial killer films, and a sequel, HANNIBAL (2001).

LaserDisc Movie Review:
In this multiple Oscar-winning thriller, Jodie Foster stars as Clarice Starling, a top student at the FBI's training academy whose shrewd analyses of serial killers lands her a special assignment: the FBI is investigating a vicious murderer nicknamed Buffalo Bill, who kills young women and then removes the skin from their bodies. Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into this case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Lecter does indeed know something of Buffalo Bill, but his information comes with a price: in exchange for telling what he knows, he wants to be housed in a more comfortable facility. More important, he wants to speak with Clarice about her past. He skillfully digs into her psyche, forcing her to reveal her innermost traumas and putting her in a position of vulnerability when she can least afford to be weak. The film mingles the horrors of criminal acts with the psychological horrors of Lecter's slow-motion interrogation of Clarice and of her memories that emerge from it. --- Mark Deming

The only horror film to win a Best Picture Oscar, The Silence of the Lambs was released early in the year by a company (Orion) that went bankrupt and could not afford a significant award campaign for the film. For these reasons, it is among the least typical of Oscar-winning Best Pictures, a distinctive incidence of good filmmaking winning out over movies with more studio promotion behind them. It succeeds almost entirely due to the performance of Anthony Hopkins as cannibal serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Indeed, both co-star Jodie Foster and director Jonathan Demme took home Oscars largely for having had the good sense to allow Hopkins to dominate the film. Hopkins' Best Actor award notwithstanding, Lecter is only a supporting character, onscreen for less than a third of the film. The central story, about the search by a young FBI agent (Foster) for a different serial killer, Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine), is considerably less interesting, though Foster does an admirable job of bringing credibility to a convincing showdown sequence. --- Richard Gilliam

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Cast for The Silence of the Lambs

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

Crew for The Silence of the Lambs

Ron Bozman - Producer
Edward Saxon - Producer
Kenneth Utt - Producer
Jonathan Demme - Screenwriter / Director
Ted Tally - Screenwriter
Tak Fujimoto - Cinematographer
Howard Shore - Composer (Music Score)
Craig McKay - Editor
Kristi Zea - Production Designer
Tim Galvin - Art Director
Grace Blake - Associate Producer
Gary Goetzman - Executive Producer
Karen O'Hara - Set Designer
Colleen Atwood - Costume Designer
Howard Feuer - Casting

Awards for The Silence of the Lambs

Best Actor (win) Anthony Hopkins 1991 Academy
Best Actress (win) Jodie Foster 1991 Academy
Best Adapted Screenplay (win) Ted Tally 1991 Academy
Best Director (win) Jonathan Demme 1991 Academy
Best Editing (nom) Craig McKay 1991 Academy
Best Picture (win) 1991 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Newman, Christopher 1991 Academy
Best Sound (nom) Fleishman, Tom 1991 Academy
Silver Bear (Best Director) (win) Jonathan Demme 1991 Berlin International Film Festival
Best Actor (win) Anthony Hopkins 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Actress (win) Jodie Foster 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (nom) Ted Tally 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Director (David Lean Award) (nom) Jonathan Demme 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Film (nom) 1991 British Academy Awards
Best Actor (win) 1991 CHI
Best Actress (win) 1991 CHI
Best Director (win) 1991 CHI
Best Picture (win) 1991 CHI
Best Director 1991 Directors Guild of America
10 Best Films 1991 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Director 1991 National Board of Review of Motion Pict
Best Actor (win) Anthony Hopkins 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actress (win) Jodie Foster 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Director (win) Jonathan Demme 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Film (win) 1991 New York Film Critics Circle
Best Actor (Drama) (nom) Anthony Hopkins 1992 Golden Globe
Best Actress (Drama) (win) Jodie Foster 1992 Golden Globe
Best Director (nom) Jonathan Demme 1992 Golden Globe
Best Film (Drama) (nom) 1992 Golden Globe
Best Film (in Drama) 1992 PEO
100 Greatest American Movies (win) 1998 American Film Institute

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