12 Things you dont know about The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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The Silence of the Lambs is a thriller film adapted from Thomas Harris ' novel of the same name, directed by Jonathan Demi, starring Judy Foster , Anthony Hopkins and others. The Silence of the Lambs tells the intern agent Clarice in order to trace the clue of the murderous wild bison, went to a prison to visit the psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal, Hannibal provided Clarice with some clues, and finally Clarice found the bison Bill, and kill it.

The Silence of the Lambs was released in the United States in 1991. In 1992, the film won the 64th Oscar Award for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. In addition, it won the 49th American Golden Globe Award in the drama category. Awards such as Best Film, Best Foreign Film of the French Caesar Award.

12 Things you dont know about the movie The Silence of the Lambs

1. Anthony Hopkins appeared in the film for only 16 minutes, becoming the shortest performance to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
2. A skull appeared on the butterfly in the The Silence of the Lambs poster. If you look closely, you can see that the skull is actually 3 naked girls (in other versions, 7) , and Philip Halsman was inspired and photographed by Dali The photographs in 1951 are very similar.
3. The film stated that Clarice majored in criminology and psychology at the University of Virginia, but never had a major in criminology at the real University of Virginia.
4. Gene Hackman once bought the The Silence of the Lambs mocie rights. Not only did he intend to direct himself, but he also planned to play the role of Jack Crawford, but after "Mississippi is burning" he was deeply worried about his role of violence. So he gave up shooting.
5. John Hutt, Louis Gerset Jr., Robert Duvall, Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro are all expected to play Hannibal.
6. The tobacco hawk moth, which appears in the film, is well received. They were placed in the first-class cabin of the flight and came to the studio. The living room can adjust the temperature and humidity, and the costumes they wear are also very beautiful.
7. The buffalo Bill in the film originates from three real serial killers, including Ed Gain who loves to peel people, Ted Bondi who lured the murdered women into the truck, and the captive women are imprisoned in the cellar Gary Heidnick.
8. At least six directors appeared in the film, namely Judy Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Cassie Lemons, Roger Coman, Dan Butler and George A Romero .
9. Mick Rock and Kenneth Branagh were both candidates for playing Jack Crawford.
10. Judy Foster, Jonathan Demi and Scott Green and some other crew members visited the FBI agent training center in Quantico, Virginia, and learned many weapons and agent courses.
11. The Silence of the Lambs was originally scheduled for release in the fall of 1990, but the publisher decided to postpone the film's release date to January 1991 in order to support "Dancing with the Wolf" for the Oscar.
12. Although Orion, which was responsible for the release of the film at that time, had declared bankruptcy, it still spent $ 200,000 to send the The Silence of the Lambs film to the Oscars.