The silence of the lambs

Resource Information

The work The silence of the lambs represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The silence of the lambs

Statement of responsibility

Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; an Orion Pictures release ; a Strong Heart/Demme production ; a Jonathan Demme pictures ; produced by Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozeman ; screenplay by Ted Tally ; directed by Jonathan Demme

Contributor

• MGM Home Entertainment Inc
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Orion Pictures
• Strong Heart (Firm)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Bozman, Ron, (Ronald M)
• Demme, Jonathan, 1944-
• Foster, Jodie
• Glenn, Scott, 1942-
• Harris, Thomas, 1940-
• Hopkins, Anthony, 1937-
• Saxon, Edward
• Tally, Ted
• Utt, Kenneth, 1921-1994

Subject

• Academy Award winner - Best actor
• Academy Award winner - Best actress
• Academy Award winner - Best director
• Academy Award winner - Best picture
• Action and adventure films
• Detective and mystery films
• Detective and mystery films
• Film adaptations
• Gangster films
• Kidnapping victims
• Lecter, Hannibal (Fictitious character)
• Psychopaths
• Serial murder investigation
• United States, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• Detective and mystery films
• Film adaptations
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

When FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose fascination with the young woman is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling must confront her own demons, and an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to stop it

Awards note

• Academy Awards (USA), 1992: Oscar - Best Actor in a Leading Role (Anthony Hopkins) ; Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jodie Foster) ; Best Director (Jonathan Demme) ; Best Picture (Edward Saxon, Kenneth Utt, Ronald M. Bozman) ; Best Writing, Screeplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Ted Tally).
• Golden Globes (USA), 1992: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama (Jodie Foster).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Tak Fujimoto ; editor, Craig McKay ; music, Howard Shore ; production designer, Kristi Zea

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

English (Dolby 5.1), French (Dolby surround) or Spanish (Dolby surround) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

S554634 2007

PerformerNote

Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald

Runtime

118

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action