The Silence of the Lambs

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film psychological horror film thriller film

The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 psychological horror-thriller film centered on FBI trainee Clarice Starling’s pursuit of a serial killer with the help of imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

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The Silence of the Lambs (film) 1
The Silence of the Lambs (film) – Academy Award for Best Picture 1
The Silence of the Lambs (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
psychological horror film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
basedOn The Silence of the Lambs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
basedOnAuthor Thomas Harris ⓘ
character Buffalo Bill ⓘ
Clarice Starling ⓘ
Hannibal Lecter ⓘ
Jack Crawford ⓘ
cinematography Tak Fujimoto ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Jonathan Demme ⓘ
distributedBy Orion Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Craig McKay ⓘ
featuresSerialKiller Buffalo Bill ⓘ
Hannibal Lecter ⓘ
followedBy Hannibal (film) ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainAntagonist Buffalo Bill ⓘ
mainProtagonist Clarice Starling ⓘ
musicBy Howard Shore ⓘ
notableFor One of the few films to win the five major Academy Awards ⓘ
partOfFranchise Hannibal Lecter film series ⓘ
plotSummary FBI trainee Clarice Starling seeks the help of imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter to catch serial killer Buffalo Bill. ⓘ
precededBy Manhunter (film) ⓘ
producer Edward Saxon ⓘ
Kenneth Utt ⓘ
Ron Bozman ⓘ
productionCompany Orion Pictures ⓘ
ratingMPAA R ⓘ
releaseDate 1991-02-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1991 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 118 ⓘ
screenwriter Ted Tally ⓘ
secondaryAntagonist Hannibal Lecter ⓘ
setIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
settingElement psychiatric prison cell ⓘ
starring Anthony Hopkins ⓘ
Jodie Foster ⓘ
Scott Glenn ⓘ
Ted Levine ⓘ
theme psychological manipulation ⓘ
serial murder investigation ⓘ

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Clarice Starling → appearsIn → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (film)
Clarice Starling → awardConnection → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (film) – Academy Award for Best Picture
The Silence of the Lambs → basedOn → The Silence of the Lambs self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
Jonathan Demme → directed → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Orion Pictures → distributed → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
subject surface form: Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures (later under MGM control) → knownFor → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
subject surface form: Orion Pictures
Anthony Hopkins → notableAwardFor → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Alicia Christian Foster → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Anthony Hopkins → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Howard Shore → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (score)
Jodie Foster → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Jonathan Demme → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Orion Pictures → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Scott Glenn → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Ted Levine → notableWork → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
Orion Pictures (later under MGM control) → producedFilm → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
subject surface form: Orion Pictures
Jodie Foster → starredIn → The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ