The Silence of the Lambs Resources
Websites
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Clarice uses a microfiche machine in the movie because the Internet didn't exist yet, so it's no surprise the website is pretty bare bones. Nice trailer, though.
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Check out Rotten Tomatoes for an amalgam of critical response to the film.
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IMDb has the Slovenian title of the film and everything else you always wanted to know about SOTL but were afraid, very afraid, to ask.
Book of TV Adaptations
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The movie is adapted from the book by the same name, a book with hundreds of pages of additional gruesome content!
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Kelly Ripa loves the musical parody adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs called Silence! The Musical
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Mad magazine has their own special take on the film.
Articles and Interviews
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Ted Tally, screenwriter, compares a book and a screenplay to apples and oranges. We'd think he'd use more gruesome imagery, like hamburgers and lamb chops, but we're not an Oscar-winning screenwriter, so what do we know?
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Tally wants anything he adapts to come ready-made with a good ending.
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The Times notes all the bulletproof glass used in the film, but doesn't believe the film itself is exactly bulletproof.
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Film critic Michael Henley thinks Hannibal's not all bad.
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The late great Roger Ebert thought that the outstanding performances made for an outstanding film despite the presence of every terrifying cliché you can think of.
Video
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Ted Tally talks about just how darn good everyone is in this movie.
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Anthony Hopkins, who still has hair in this interview, talks about meeting Clarice as Lecter for the first time.
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The Silence of the Lambs gag reels teaches us that gloves are hard to put on, Jodie Foster wants her enemies to be sassy, and Anthony Hopkins has a horrible Sly Stallone impersonation.
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No actors were eaten during the making of this movie.
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Siskel hates it! Lecter's going to bite his thumbs off after this critically panning review.
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Here's some video of Anthony Hopkins screen-testing different masks for his role as Hannibal. Very, very creepy.
Audio
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This is the Tom Petty song sung by Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith) before getting kidnapped so Buffalo Bill can use her skin to transform himself into a real-life American Girl doll.
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Clarice and audiences are both repulsed and attracted to Hannibal Lecter. Just don't get too close.
Images
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Ted Levine, who plays Buffalo Bill, adorned with moths: still creepy even behind the scenes.
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Hopkins makes Lecter's iconic mask look downright happy in this behind-the-scenes photo.
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Hopkins gets a taste of directing.
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You couldn't tell from the original movie poster for the film. But note that it's Clarice, not Hannibal, on the poster.