The Silence of the Lambs (Full Screen Edition) |  | Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald, Ted Levine
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  496 reviews
Sales Rank: 11995
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 118 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1006760D
ISBN: 079286140X
UPC: 027616909091
EAN: 9780792861409
ASIN: B00026L7OK
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1991
Release Date: August 24, 2004
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Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat), and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere, and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. --Tom Keogh
Amazon.com essential video
Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat), and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere, and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. --Tom Keogh
Product Description
A young female FBI agent is sent to interview notorious killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, in hope of obtaining information that will help the Bureau catch another killer.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 24-AUG-2004
Media Type: DVD
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 Great Film Suffers a Bad Transfer January 19, 2010
C. Krubeck
I'm sure it's quite easy to read around the other reviews for the praise the film deserves as a film. BUT unfortunately this blu-ray transfer looks washed out, with a constant sheen of brown that dampens the whole image throughout.
It's a great film, but definitely deserves a better transfer than this. Buyer beware.
 The Silence of the Lambs January 6, 2010
Arnita D. Brown (USA)
An ambitious FBI agent enlists the aid of a criminally insane ex-psychiatrist to help track down a vicious serial killer. It has been a good long while since I have felt the presence of Evil so manifestly demonstrated as in the first appearance of Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs. The Silence of the Lambs slams you like a sudden blast of bone-chilling, pulse-pounding terror.
CLASSIC MOVIE January 1, 2010
H. Chronis
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great movie....I've seen this about a thousand times and will probably never get sick of it.
 Not a good Blu-ray transfer comparing to the Criterion DVD November 17, 2009
P. Lau (NYC, USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is one of my all time favorite movies. This is a five star movie and my two star rating applies only to the Blu-ray transfer. I have the Criterion Collection Edition of this movie. In comparing the Blu-ray edition and the Criterion DVD edition, I found the Blu-ray edition to have a less appealing color palette. It is somewhat bluish, less saturated, and sometimes looks magenta. The Criterion edition has an overall warmer tone. The movie itself also does not seem to benefit all that much from the higher resolution transfer either. I don't know if it's the definition of the film or if the transfer wasn't well done. You are not going to see the kind of sharpness you see on more recent Blu-ray transfers such as The Dark Knight or Revolutionary Road.
Excellent film, though if you have the DVD already it is probably not worth it to get the Blu-ray version.
old...but still great. November 16, 2009
I bought this movie expecting an Ok mistery Thriller...and that is what I got at the beggining but then it turned very good since the first time you see Buffalo Bill.My favorite scene is Hannibal's escape it is gory and exciting he is so clever I think he is the cleverest slasher movie villan off all time he can read your mind.Buffalo Bill is nutts...and I got a very high tolerance for nutts.The main villan is not Hannibal it is Buffalo Bill he is more bad than Hannibal...he has no reason Hannibal is traumatized.Between this 2 villans there is a hero it is the detective the female detective.It is a true classic of Horror cinema the first movie to give Anthony Hopkins his famous role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter The Cannibal.
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