Living in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.Living in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.Living in exile, Dr. Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling, and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.
- Awards
- 9 wins & 25 nominations
Frankie Faison
- Barney
- (as Frankie R. Faison)
Robert Rietty
- Sogliato
- (as Robert Rietti)
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- TriviaSir Anthony Hopkins wrote a screenplay for a sequel to this movie, most likely titled "Hannibal Ending", which would've involved Starling killing Lecter. However, this was never used.
- Goofs(at around 35 mins) When Lecter writes his first letter to Clarice, he licks the envelope to seal it. When we see it on her desk before she opens it, the only thing keeping it shut is the seal wax in the center. however, Lecter licks the envelope to provide DNA to verify it is not a fake, as he is "re-emerging" from hiding.
- Quotes
Hannibal Lecter: People don't always tell you what they are thinking. They just see to it that you don't advance in life.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits, we hear Lecter say "Ta ta, H.", the closing line of the post-script in his letter to Clarice.
- Alternate versionsThe Indian theatrical version was cut by the CBFC to mute the word 'pussy' from the dialogue spoken by Krendler, the word 'fucking' spoken by Pazzi, the word 'fuck' and 'cocksucker' spoken by Mason, the visuals of blood falling on the ground, blood spurting out of the throat of a dead man, and the close visuals of a pig putting Mason's face into the mouth to achieve an 'A' (adults) rating. It remained cut since.
- SoundtracksVide Cor Meum
Written by Patrick Cassidy
Libretto Taken from Dante Alighieri (as Dante)'s "La Vita Nuova"
Produced by Patrick Cassidy and Hans Zimmer
Performed by Danielle de Niese and Bruno Lazzaretti
Featured review
Misunderstood masterpiece
Ridley Scott oddly took the job to direct this perfectly crafted sequel to the Oscar award winning Silence of the Lambs. After being located in Florence, Hannibal returns to America and attempts to make contact with disgraced Agent Clarice Starling.
While not following Harris' novel to the letter and omitting a main character, Scott directs an atmospheric follow up. With David Mamet's meaty, intellectual screenplay there's plenty to like about Hannibal. There are terrific performance's nobility by Giancarlo Giannini in a subtle and memorable take on Insp. Renaldo Pazzi. Unrecognisable, Gary Oldman is astounding as Mason Verger, the heavy disfigured paedophile and Ray Liotta replaces Lamb's Ron Vawter and is on form as a sleazy F.B.I Agent, Paul Krendle.
Nurse Barney returns in a larger role, and of course Anthony Hopkins is back in his iconic role as Hannibal Lecter. Hopkins is given more to do and is out of his confinement (much to the announce of some film critics). Although possibly striped of some mystic, Hannibal is far more dangerous and interesting here, mingling with the general public and stalking his prey. They only thing I feel is distracting is the casting of Julianne Moore as Starling, and that is only from a continuity point of view as she delivers a gifted performance.
Blade Runner's director Scott makes every shot interesting and this coupled with John Mathieson cinematography is first-rate, particularly in the Florence set ups, and US exteriors. Veteran musician Hans Zimmer's score is mystical and heightens all that is taking place on screen.
An overlooked, misunderstood and fantastic film, that is a wonderful experience to watch.
While not following Harris' novel to the letter and omitting a main character, Scott directs an atmospheric follow up. With David Mamet's meaty, intellectual screenplay there's plenty to like about Hannibal. There are terrific performance's nobility by Giancarlo Giannini in a subtle and memorable take on Insp. Renaldo Pazzi. Unrecognisable, Gary Oldman is astounding as Mason Verger, the heavy disfigured paedophile and Ray Liotta replaces Lamb's Ron Vawter and is on form as a sleazy F.B.I Agent, Paul Krendle.
Nurse Barney returns in a larger role, and of course Anthony Hopkins is back in his iconic role as Hannibal Lecter. Hopkins is given more to do and is out of his confinement (much to the announce of some film critics). Although possibly striped of some mystic, Hannibal is far more dangerous and interesting here, mingling with the general public and stalking his prey. They only thing I feel is distracting is the casting of Julianne Moore as Starling, and that is only from a continuity point of view as she delivers a gifted performance.
Blade Runner's director Scott makes every shot interesting and this coupled with John Mathieson cinematography is first-rate, particularly in the Florence set ups, and US exteriors. Veteran musician Hans Zimmer's score is mystical and heightens all that is taking place on screen.
An overlooked, misunderstood and fantastic film, that is a wonderful experience to watch.
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- The Silence of the Lambs 2
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- Budget
- $87,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $165,092,268
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $58,003,121
- Feb 11, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $351,692,268
- Runtime2 hours 11 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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