The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Director:

Jonathan Demme

Writers (WGA):

Thomas Harris (novel)
Ted Tally (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 febrero 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Frase comercial:

Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant. Cunning. Psychotic. In his mind lies the clue to a ruthless killer. - Clarice Starling, FBI. Brilliant. Vulnerable. Alone. She must trust him to stop the killer.

Plot:

A young FBI cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.

Plot Keywords:

Violence | Tragedy | Pursuit | Mental Illness | Gruesome

Awards:

Won 5 Oscars. Another 39 wins & 27 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A truly remarkable film

Cast

Jodie Foster	...	Clarice Starling
Anthony Hopkins	...	Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Scott Glenn	...	Jack Crawford
Anthony Heald	...	Dr. Frederick Chilton
Ted Levine	...	Jame 'Buffalo Bill' Gumb
Frankie Faison	...	Barney Matthews
Kasi Lemmons	...	Ardelia Mapp
Brooke Smith	...	Catherine Martin
Paul Lazar	...	Pilcher
Dan Butler	...	Roden
Lawrence T. Wrentz	...	Agent Burroughs
Don Brockett	...	Friendly Psychopath in Cell
Frank Seals Jr.	...	Brooding Psychopath in Cell
Stuart Rudin	...	Miggs
Masha Skorobogatov	...	Young Clarice Starling
Jeffrie Lane	...	Clarice's Father
Leib Lensky	...	Mr. Lang, Storage Manager
George 'Red' Schwartz	...	Mr. Lang's Driver (as Red Schwartz)
Jim Roche	...	TV Evangelist
James B. Howard	...	Boxing Instructor
Bill Miller	...	Mr. Brigham
Chuck Aber	...	Agent Terry
Gene Borkan	...	Oscar
Pat McNamara	...	Sheriff Perkins
Tracey Walter	...	Lamar
Kenneth Utt	...	Dr. Akin
Adelle Lutz	...	TV Anchorwoman
Obba Babatundé	...	TV Anchorman (as Obba Babatunde)
George Michael	...	TV Sportscaster
Diane Baker	...	Sen. Ruth Martin
Roger Corman	...	FBI Director Hayden Burke
Ron Vawter	...	Paul Krendler
Charles Napier	...	Lt. Boyle
Jim Dratfield	...	Sen. Martin's Aide
D. Stanton Miranda	...	Reporter #1 (as Stanton-Miranda)
Rebecca Saxon	...	Reporter #2
Danny Darst	...	Sgt. Tate
Cynthia Ettinger	...	Officer Jacobs
Brent Hinkley	...	Officer Murray
Steve Wyatt	...	Airport Flirt
Alex Coleman	...	Sgt. Jimmy Pembry
David Early	...	Spooked Memphis Cop
Andre B. Blake	...	Tall Memphis Cop (as Andre Blake)
Bill Dalzell	...	Distraught Memphis Cop (as Bill Dalzell III)
Chris Isaak	...	SWAT Commander
Daniel von Bargen	...	SWAT Communicator
Tommy Lafitte	...	SWAT Shooter (as Tommy LaFitte)
Josh Broder	...	EMS Attendant
Buzz Kilman	...	EMS Driver
Harry Northup	...	Mr. Bimmel
Lauren Roselli	...	Stacy Hubka
Lamont Arnold	...	Flower Delivery Man
Lawrence A. Bonney	...	FBI Instructor
Darla	...	Precious
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
John Hall	...	State Trooper (uncredited)
Lynette Jenkins	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Chris McGinn	...	Autopsy Victim (uncredited)
Ted Monte	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
George A. Romero	...	FBI Agent in Memphis (uncredited)
Mike Schaeffer	...	Prison guard (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Jonathan Demme

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Thomas Harris		(novel)
Ted Tally		(screenplay)

Producida por
Grace Blake	....	associate producer
Ronald M. Bozman	....	producer (as Ron Bozman)
Gary Goetzman	....	executive producer
Edward Saxon	....	producer
Kenneth Utt	....	producer

Música original por
Howard Shore

Fotografía por
Tak Fujimoto		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Craig McKay

Casting
Howard Feuer

Diseño de producción por
Kristi Zea

Dirección artística
Tim Galvin

Decorados
Karen O'Hara

Diseño de vestuario por
Colleen Atwood

Departamento de maquillaje
Alan D'Angerio	....	hair stylist
Carl Fullerton	....	special makeup effects
Neal Martz	....	special makeup effects
Allen Weisinger	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Marshall Persinger	....	post-production supervisor
Kenneth Utt	....	unit production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Ronald M. Bozman	....	first assistant director (as Ron Bozman)
Gina Leonetti	....	second second assistant director
Kyle McCarthy	....	second assistant director
Steve Rose	....	additional first assistant director

Art Department
Francine Byrne	....	art department coordinator
Sean Foyle	....	assistant props
Eileen Garrigan	....	master scenic artist
Frederika Gray	....	key scenic artist
Kalina Ivanov	....	storyboard artist
C.A. Kelly	....	stand-by set dresser
Gary Kosko	....	assistant art director
Loren Levy	....	assistant props
Ed Lohrer III	....	set dresser
Ann Miller	....	property master
Paula Payne	....	stand-by scenic artist
Karl Shefelman	....	storyboard artist
Diana Stoughton	....	assistant set decorator (as Diana L. Stoughton)
Kenneth Turek	....	set dresser (as Ken Turek)
Kimberly Weeks	....	buyer
Edward West	....	set dresser
Natalie Wilson	....	assistant art director
S. Bruce Wineinger	....	construction coordinator
Chris Call	....	painter (uncredited)
Smith Harper Hutchings	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Ron Bochar	....	sound effects editor
David Boulton	....	adr recordist
Missy Cohen	....	apprentice sound editor
Randall Coleman	....	assistant adr editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Kay Denmark	....	adr boom operator
William Docker	....	apprentice sound editor (as Bill Docker)
Tom Fleischman	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Fundus	....	sound recordist
Brian Johnson	....	assistant sound editor
Frank Kern	....	foley editor
Stuart Levy	....	apprentice sound editor
Skip Lievsay	....	sound designer
Marissa Littlefield	....	dialogue editor
Dennis Maitland II	....	boom operator
Douglas Murray	....	sound re-recordist (as Douglas L. Murray)
Christopher Newman	....	production sound mixer
Bruce Pross	....	foley editor
Fred Rosenberg	....	dialogue editor
Anne Sawyer	....	assistant sound editor
Shari Schwartz	....	apprentice sound editor
Gail Showalter	....	adr editor
Alan Snelling	....	sound recording engineer
Sean Squires	....	sound re-recordist
Jeffrey Stern	....	dialogue editor
Philip Stockton	....	dialogue editor (as Phil Stockton)
Steven Visscher	....	foley editor
Deborah Wallach	....	adr editor
Robert F. Warren	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby

Efectos especiales
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	....	special effects

Especialistas
Michael Cassidy	....	stunts (as Mike Cassidy)
Walter Robles	....	stunts (as Walt Robles)
John Robotham	....	stunt coordinator
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts (as George Wilbur)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Aversa	....	grip
Michael Burke	....	electrician (as Mike Burke)
Ken Connors	....	best boy electric (as Kenny Conners)
Ed DeCort	....	electrician
Peter Demme	....	electrician
John Donohue	....	dolly grip
Russell Engels	....	gaffer (as Rusty Engels)
Larry Huston	....	additional assistant camera
Tony C. Jannelli	....	camera operator (as Tony Jannelli)
Roswell Jones	....	electrician
Jay Levy	....	additional assistant camera
Mick Lohrer	....	grip
Bruce MacCallum	....	first assistant camera
Larry McConkey	....	steadicam operator
Billy Miller	....	key grip (as Bill Miller)
Matt Miller	....	grip
Tom O'Halloran	....	second assistant camera
Brian S. Osmond	....	camera trainee (as Brian Osmond)
James Petri	....	electrician
Calvin Price	....	grip
Ken Regan	....	still photographer
Howard Weiner	....	video engineer
David Knox	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)
Mark Streapy	....	aerial camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Donna M. Belajac	....	additional casting: Pittsburgh (as Donna Belajac)
Staci A. Blagovich	....	extras casting: Pittsburgh (as Staci Blagovich)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mark Burchard	....	wardrobe supervisor
Kathleen Gerlach	....	assistant costume designer
Hartsell Taylor	....	wardrobe supervisor
Benjamin Wilson	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Trish Breganti	....	post-production assistant
Lisa Bromwell	....	associate editor
Sam Bruskin	....	post-production assistant
Lynn Cassaniti	....	apprentice film editor
Nzingha Clarke	....	apprentice film editor
Priscilla Fleischman	....	post-production assistant
David Kirkman	....	apprentice film editor
Colleen Sharp	....	first assistant editor
Alice Stone	....	second assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Sharon Boyle	....	music supervisor
Susan Demskey	....	assistant music editor (as Sue Demskey)
Homer Denison	....	orchestrator
Natasha Kinne	....	playback singer
Suzana Peric	....	music editor
Nic Ratner	....	assistant music editor
Peter Fuchs	....	assistant music recording engineer (uncredited)
Quincy Z. Gunderson	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)
Dana Sano	....	music coordinator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
John Leonidas	....	transportation captain
Dennis Radesky	....	transportation co-captain
Denny Caira	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Judy Arthur	....	unit publicist
Jeffrey T. Barabe	....	production assistant (as Jeffrey Barabe)
Monica Bielawski	....	production assistant
Andre B. Blake	....	production assistant (as Andre Blake)
Lisa Bradley	....	assistant production coordinator
Katie Clarke	....	accounting assistant
John Crowder	....	location coordinator: Washington D.C.
Leanore G. Drogin	....	assistant moth wrangler and stylist
Richard Ericson	....	dialect consultant
Robin Fajardo	....	assistant: Mr. Utt
Richard Fishwick	....	craft service
Becky Gibbs	....	production assistant
Paul Giorgi	....	stage manager
Teri Hanson	....	production assistant
Gus Holzer	....	location coordinator: Bimini, Bahamas
Thomas A. Imperato	....	financial representative
Mary A. Kelly	....	continuity
Patricia LaMagna	....	assistant: Ms. Foster (as Pat LaMagna)
Annie Loeffler	....	location manager
Sally Love	....	entomological consultant
Ann F. Markel	....	accounting assistant (as Ann Markel)
Maria Alaina Mason	....	production assistant (as Maria Mason)
Michael McCue	....	location manager (as Mike McCue)
Kevin McLeod	....	special production assistant
Raymond A. Mendez	....	moth wrangler and stylist
Cristie Miele	....	dog trainer (as Christie Miele)
Walt Oggier	....	police consultant (as Walter 'O.J.' Oggier)
Paula Oliver	....	production assistant
Paula Payne	....	special drawings
Lucas Platt	....	assistant: Mr. Demme
Ben Ramsey	....	production assistant
John E. Rawlins	....	entomological consultant (as John E. Rawlins, PhD)
Vicki Dee Rock	....	production auditor
Andrew Sands	....	assistant production coordinator
Steve Shareshian	....	assistant production auditor (as Steven Shareshian)
Alison Sherman	....	assistant production coordinator
Neri Kyle Tannenbaum	....	location manager
Valerie Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Saxon
Dianne Ulan	....	production assistant
'Buz' Wasler	....	production assistant
Gina White	....	production assistant
Hyle White	....	production assistant
Steffany Hannan	....	body double (uncredited)
Brian Hartman	....	location scout (uncredited)
Alan Jacques	....	projectionist (uncredited)
John Marston	....	location projectionist: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Catherine M. McDonald	....	set production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Matthew Myers	....	production intern (uncredited)
Steve Parys	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Orion Pictures Corporation
• Strong Heart/Demme Production

Distributors

• Orion Pictures Corporation (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Orion Home Video (1991) (USA) (video)
• Criterion Collection, The (1994) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Criterion Collection, The (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Hoyts Distribution (1991) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (1991) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (1991) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Alamode Film (2001) (Germany) (theatrical) (re-release)
• CBS Television (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar Film (1991) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1991) (Australia) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1991) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• Columbus Film (1991) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• GAGA Communications
• Humax Pictures Inc.
• Image Entertainment (1997) (USA) (laserdisc)
• LK-TEL (Argentina) (video)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2001) (UK) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2001) (France) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1992) (USA) (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (1991) (Germany) (VHS)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures International Video (199?) (Germany) (laserdisc)
• RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video

Other Companies

• C-5  sound effects and foleys produced at (as c-5, inc.)
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• General Camera Corporation  location services
• J.G. Films  negative matching
• M & Co.  main titles design
• MCA Records  soundtrack published by
• R/Greenberg Associates  titles and opticals
• Sound One Corporation  sound mixed at
• The Erickson Agency  extras casting: virginia

También conocida como:

Silencio de los inocentes, El (Argentina) (Colombia) (dubbed version) [es]
Silencio de los corderos, El (Spain) [es]

Duración:

118 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Finland:K-16 (cut video version) | Philippines:R-18 | Denmark:15 | Brazil:14 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA (tv rating) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-15 (directors cut, video realese) | USA:R (certificate #30301) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (video rating) (special edition) | Australia:M (re-rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:15 (original rating) | Ireland:18 (re-rating) | Israel:18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 (cut) | Norway:18 | Peru:18 | Singapore:PG (video rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Singapore:R(A) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Bellaire, Ohio, USA

Company:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

The Tobacco horn worm moths used throughout the film were given celebrity treatment by the filmmakers. They were flown first class to the set (in a special carrier), had special living quarters (rooms with controlled humidity and heat) and were dressed in carefully designed costumes (body shields bearing a painted skull and crossbones)

Goofs:

Factual errors: Jack Crawford says that Clarice graduated "magna" (magna cum laude) from UVA, but this is impossible because UVA does not award such a distinction to psychology majors

Quotes:

[first lines]
FBI instructor: Starling! Starling! Crawford wants to see you in his office.
Clarice Starling: Thank you, sir.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Order in Chaos: Making Millennium - Season One (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Sunny Day

A truly remarkable film

STAR RATING: ***** The Works **** Just Misses the Mark *** That Little Bit In Between ** Lagging Behind * The Pits

Rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is assigned to get into the mind of notorious incarcerated serial killer Dr Hannibal 'the Cannibal' Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) to get his evaluation on the elusive Buffalo Bill, a serial killer who's been abducting and killing young women. When a prominent senator's daughter is kidnapped, it becomes a race against time to find her before she is killed and all the while Lecter is playing mind-games with Starling as well as any help he can provide...

The first of Thomas Harris's Hannibal novels to be adapted for the screen, only to be followed some years later with some very lacklustre (but inevitable!) follow-ups, despite it's age this remains one of the most effective chillers of modern times. Despite the mainstream appeal of the film, the grainy lighting and laid-back budget give it an art-house feel that sets it apart from other such films that were as successful. The film manages some effectively disturbing scenes that make it a not altogether pleasant viewing experience.

Performances wise, in a very early role, a young Foster shows her promise for future roles, with a gripping portrayal of naivety and vulnerability here that is very compelling and convincing, even though there are some plausibility problems with someone as junior as her being assigned to do something like that. Hopkins too is brilliant as Lecter, playing a dangerous man behind bars who's ability to get inside your head and see the things you don't want him to see makes him no less dangerous, if not more so, than if he was on the outside. He's certainly received the most acclaim for his role over the years, but in my humble opinion, he's actually over-shadowed (though only slightly!) by Ted Levine as Buffalo Bill, a truly extraordinary psychopath with an unsettling sexuality disorder that is probably one of the nastiest things ever to be seen in such a mainstream film. As supporting FBI agent Crawford, Scott Glenn is impressive but sort of just faded into DTV land after this film.

It's easily one of the most popular films ever made, so it's likely a lot of you are familiar with it already, but with reviews on the so-inferior follow-up films Red Dragon and Hannibal, I thought it only right that I'd finally give this first film a mention. Truly remarkable. *****