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Silence of the Lambs

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Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs

 

Look at Hannibal Lecter. He’s so charming! So articulate! So dignified, even strapped down with a bite guard over his face. He's just so ... alluring, that you really would be tempted to accept his invitation to dinner. Which would be bad. ‘Cause he eats people. (And washes 'em down with fine wine.) Sure, Buffalo Bill's flashy, hide-tanning efforts form the bulk of "Silence of the Lambs's" plot, but it's Sir Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of "Hannibal the Cannibal" that really gets under your skin. Yet, despite his bewitching persona, no amount of Chianti can ever change the fact that Hannibal Lecter is one of cinema's greatest villains of all time.
In Silence of the Lambs, a young FBI agent seeks the guidance of an incarcerated madman in order to capture a serial killer


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(Updated: 09/19/11 SS)

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