Title from sell sheet. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins. Adaptation of the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris. Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director of photography Tak Fujimoto; Audio commentary from 1994 featuring director Jonathan Demme, actors Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and former FBI agent John Douglas; New interview with critic Maitland McDonagh; Thirty-five minutes of deleted scenes; Interview from 2005 with Demme and Foster; Inside the labyrinth, a 2001 documentary; Page to screen, a 2002 program about the adaptation; Interview with composer Howard Shore from 2004; Understanding the madness, a 2008 program featuring interviews with retired FBI special agents; original behind-the-scenes featurette; trailer; An essay by critic Amy Taubin along with, a new introduction by Foster; an account of the origins of the character Hannibal Lecter by author Thomas Harris; and a 1991 interview with Demme.
Summary:
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
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