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The Silence of the Lambs - Criterion Collection DVD

Reviewed on 02/13/08       Plays: 16

The Silence of the Lambs - Criterion Collection, starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glen, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison, and Ted Levine.

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Format: VHS: Contemporary Classics, Silence of the Lambs Format: VHS: Contemporary Classics, Silence of the Lambs

Release Date: 2001-01-09, Rating R (Restricted),

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Format: VHS, Silence of the Lambs Format: VHS, Silence of the Lambs

Release Date: 1992-12-07, Rating R (Restricted),

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Format: DVD: Pan & Scan Special Edition, Silence of the Lambs Format: DVD: Pan & Scan Special Edition, Silence of the Lambs

Release Date: 2001-08-21, Rating R (Restricted),

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Format: DVD: The Hannibal Lecter Series; Holiday O-Ring Packaging, Silence ... Format: DVD: The Hannibal Lecter Series; Holiday O-Ring Packaging, Silence ...

Release Date: 2004-08-24, Rating R (Restricted),

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Format: DVD: Widescreen Edition, Silence of the Lambs Format: DVD: Widescreen Edition, Silence of the Lambs

Release Date: 2001-08-21, Rating R (Restricted),

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Hello everyone this movie that's playing right here is this. This is the Criterion Collection Edition of The Silence of the Lambs. This is a really good movie. It's one of my favorite movies. It was directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally adopted from the Thomas Harris novel of the same name. It stars Jody Foster as an FBI trainee field agent who enlist the help of Anthony Hopkins' character who is a cannibal an imprisoned cannibal named Dr. Hannibal Lecter and he kind of takes a shining to her and gives her little clues to investigate a series of serial killings happening in the United States and he does this in order to exchange information with her about her personal life in order to I don't know figure her out coz he likes doing that he likes messing with people. And yeah this movie took home a lot of academy awards. it took home best picture of 1991 and best director Jonathan Demme and best actress Jody Foster and best supporting actor Anthony Hopkins. Anthony Hopkins is really awesome in this movie he gives a great performance. On this DVD is a commentary track a very good commentary track by Jonathan Demme Jody Foster Anthony Hopkins Ted Tally the screenwriter and FBI agent John Douglas. There are seven deleted scenes there's some story boards a film to story board comparison and FBI crime classification manual and voice of death a word for word statements of convicted serial killers which is pretty gross. I didn't really enjoy reading that. Who wants to hear what those freaks had to say. There is optimal image quality RSD Dual edition. Unfortunately this edition is not anamorphic so if you had any widescreen television you're not going to get optimal picture quality despite what this thing says. Anyway this is definitely a very good edition of this movie to have. I haven't checked out the other one so I don't know if any of them are better than this one but I own this one and I can attest to the fact that this is a good movie. Not only is it a good movie it's a good addition to the movie and I highly recommend it.

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The Silence of the Lambs

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Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed...

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Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision ( Melvin and Howard , Something Wild ), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman ( Caged Heat ), and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere, and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. --Tom Keogh
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