After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
Acting
Hopkins turning cannibalism into arias; Oldman unrecognizable and vile.
Direction
Scott's Venetian beauty fetishizing the grotesque.
Practical Effects
That brain scene—practical effects you can't unsee.
Director
Ridley Scott
Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Julianne Moore
Clarice M. Starling
Gary Oldman
Mason Verger
Ray Liotta
Paul Krendler
Giancarlo Giannini
Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
Željko Ivanek
Dr. Cordell Doemling
Frankie Faison
Barney Matthews
Francesca Neri
Allegra Pazzi
Hazelle Goodman
Evelda Drumgo
David Andrews
FBI Agent Pearsall
Francis Guinan
FBI Asst. Director Noonan
Enrico Lo Verso
Gnocco
Ivano Marescotti
Carlo
Fabrizio Gifuni
Matteo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jodie Foster declined, fearing the novel's misogyny; Julianne Moore got hate mail from 'Foster fans.'
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