The Silence of the Lambs (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

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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

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A psychopath nicknamed Buffalo Bill is murdering women across the Midwest. Believing it takes one to know one, the FBI sends Agent Clarice Starling (Foster) to interview a demented prisoner who may provide clues to the killer's actions. That prisoner is psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins), a brilliant, diabolical cannibal who agrees to help Starling only if she'll feed his morbid curiosity with details of her own complicated life. As their relationship develops, Starling is forced to confront not only her own hidden demons, but also an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to stop it!

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Masterpiece.......2007-09-15

"The Silence of the Lambs" is easily the best thriller made since Alfred Hitchcock. I think it is the best movie ever made. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster are brilliant as Hannibal Lector and the young FBI rookie sent to get information from him. You can't keep your eyes of them in their best performances. It's truly rare to find a thriller that is this smart and intriguing. Plus it contains two of my favorite lines in movie history, "I'm having an old friend for dinner" and "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."

YES!!!!! FINALLY MY FAVORITE GENRE OF FILM GET'S RECOGNIZED BY THE OSCAR.......2007-08-30

The Silence of the Lambs brought GOLD to the arms of HORROR films
in 1991 and I can still remember it like it was yesterday watching
that Sunday night. The movie had already garnered 3 Oscars for
actress,actor and director...Now was the time for the big MOMENT!
No way was it going to get best picture...NO WAY! For how many
times before has our HORROR been snuffed at from the ACADEMY AWARDS
With the exception of Frederich March in DR.JEKYLL(he won in 1932
for best actor...had to share the honors with another actor..I blame this
for the movie he was in..A HORROR)The Academy has gave out a handful
of statues since the first ceremony in 1927..Some I can think of are
Oscar winners like The Exorcist winner for best sound(oh! "whoopee")
The Omen and Jaws for best score and Piper Laurie with Sissy Spacek carrie
were nominated...O.K. What about Anthony Perkins for PSYCHO(no nomination?
????????????????) Jaws for best picture 75(lost to the STING..The Sting
is good..but c'mon!!!!!!) and we can go on and on Kubrick's Shining
NOTHING! So I knew in my heart Silence too was to get nothing,but
lo and behold..IT WON! I was so happy I jumped up and down and
held (I can still remember)holding my Dracula(1931) and JAWS VHS
tapes in my hand screaming WE DID IT! WE DID IT! I was so ecstatic
I thought the neighbors would call the police. I am not going to go
into details about the plot to this film...I am sorry you can read
any other review to get that! I just wanted to say to every one
involved in this THANK YOU! To Thomas Harris,Johnathan Demme
Jodi Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glen and of course MY FAVORITE
the GREAT Ted Levine(don't even get me started on why he did not
get best supporting actor????????????????????) You did give the
best picture for 1991 and a HORROR film I proudly display in my
vast SPOOKY COLLECTION. LONG LIVE THE SHEEP!

DON'T YOU HURT MY DOG!

DONT'CHA MAKE ME HURT YOUR DOG,YOU LOWER A TELEPHONE NOW YOUR DOG'S IN ALOT OF PAIN.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT PAIN IS!!!

OH! WAS SHE A GREAT BIG FAT PERSON?

SHE WAS A LARGE GIRL YES SIR.

IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN...IT DOES THIS WHENEVER IT'S TOLD
IT PUTS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN OR ELSE IT GETS THE HOSE AGAIN
it getz thee hose precious getz thee hose

ARE YOU A SIZE FOURTEEN? (UGHHH!) OHHH! YES-YESSSS.

SURE....YOU CAN USE MY TELEPHONE...

WOULD YOU F^%K ME...I WOULD F$%K ME...I WOULD F$%K ME SO HARD

ted levine RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Silence of the Lambs.......2007-07-17

Jonathan Demme's superb adaptation of Thomas Harris's petrifying page turner makes for an equally riveting, disturbing film. Foster is note-perfect as Starling, a driven but inexperienced operative struggling mightily not to appear both terrified and out of her depth. And Hopkins's seething, malevolent Lecter makes the knife-wielding Norman Bates in "Psycho" look like a boy scout. Ted Levine is also suitably deranged and bizarre as Buffalo Bill, adding further to the goose bump count. One of the more potent shockers out there, "Silence" is not for the squeamish, but those who can take it will love it. The film won a slew of major Oscars, including Picture, Actor, Actress- and earned them all.

"Put the F**king Lotion in the Basket.".......2007-05-11

The only film that can be dubbed a "horror film" to win the Oscar for Best Picture, "The Silence of the Lambs" is a film that has and continues to stand the test of time. #65 on The American Film Institute's Top 100, it's also one of the few films on that list to actually make the average film critic's top 100 as well. The film stars Jodie Foster in her 2nd Oscar-winning role as Clarice Starling, a fledgling FBI agent assigned by Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), a former psychiatrist doing time in a maximum security facility. There's a serial killer on the loose dubbed Buffalo Bill, who has been kidnapping innocent young women and taking portions of their skin. People often mention that this movie and its book are based on the legendary serial killer Ed Gein. It's not, but that aspect of the story is. As Clarice begins interviewing Lecter, she finds herself drawn further into the case and finds herself forming a sort-of friendship with Dr. Lecter. Now, this is a film that is much like "The Godfather" in the fact that it's been parodied endlessly ("Joe Dirt" and "Family Guy" have recently parodied this film), yet when we actually see the legendary scenes of the film we don't start laughing. Most people who haven't seen this film can still recite the lines "It puts the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again." This movie is not just filled with legendary portions of dialogue, but also legendary scenes. Notably, the introduction of Dr. Hannibal Lecter. This scene is simple, yet unforgettable. Clarice is walking down a hallway, to the final cell at the end. When Lecter is revealed, he is merely standing in his cell completely erect waiting for Starling. It's this kind of body language (among other things) that won Anthony Hopkins the Oscar. Few other actors have created characters that have had so much effect on our society (other examples would be Marlon Brando and Al Pacino). Ask someone to identify a line of dialogue from this film and it will either be the line I listed above or "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti." This is a film in which Hopkins proved (much like Pacino did in "Dog Day Afternoon" and John Malkovich did in "Of Mice & Men") what a complete actor he is. In a lot of films you watch, you see an actor and think, "there's [insert name here]." When Lecter first appears, my thoughts were "there's Hannibal Lecter." Foster is also effective as Starling, considering she's in damn near every scene of the film. She's also the moral center of the film, as well as the protagonist. Hollywood is nervous about giving a woman the lead role, especially in a role that requires the woman to be both vulnerable and strong-willed at the same time. Foster does both and makes it completely believable. Ted Levine is one of the only actors who could've played Buffalo Bill (the only other actor I can think of that could have pulled off the role is John Malkovich). It's the voice mostly. Much like the line "I coulda been a contender" probably wouldn't have been much had it not been Brando who recited it. "The Silence of the Lambs" is a perfect film, at least of it's genre. The reason it has stood the test of time is for the same reason movies like "Pulp Fiction" and "Casablanca" have. Like those movies, every scene is absolutely necessary for the film to function as a whole. Howard Hawks once defined a great movie as "three great scenes and no bad scenes." "The Silence of the Lambs" has more than three great scenes, several legendary ones, and no bad scenes. After 16 years, more people still see this than they do its sequel and prequel "Hannibal" and "Red Dragon." I'm sure in 16 more years, it will still be seen more than those two films and it's recent 2nd prequel "Hannibal Rising."

GRADE: A

Hannibal at his Height.......2007-04-01

The Movie

Nevermind the pop culture boogie man the character became. The only superb film in the series was the first good horror/thriller in decades. It did this not by shedding the humanity of it's characters, but drenching them in it. The streamlined script (relying on exposition by showing memory in action rather than the usual talking head, for example, Clarices memories of her father), the superior direction and inventive cinematography steeped the film in tragedy, doom and suspense. The casting was perfect. All surrounded by institutional squalor and the flipside of the american dream.

The Disc

Finally we get the extras we deserve. I already have the Criterion Edition with it's interesting commentary track and more key players than you can shake a script at...well, all of them actually. Too bad they couldn't have combined the two discs for those who don't have the Criterion. As pissed off as I get about the heinous act of Double Dipping, this was one I couldn't pass up, and the extras made it well worth it for me.

The Hannibal Lecter Collection (Manhunter / The Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal)

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The Hannibal Lecter Collection (Manhunter / The Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal)
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Release Date: 2007-01-30

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Manhunter:Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.

Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon

The Silence of the Lambs: 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

Hannibal: Yes, he's back, and he's still hungry. Ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore, replacing Jodie Foster), on the other hand, hasn't had it so good--an outsider from the start, she's now a quiet, moody loner who doesn't play bureaucratic games and suffers for it. A botched drug raid results in her demotion--and a request from Lecter's only living victim, Mason Verger (Gary Oldman, uncredited), for a little Q and A. Little does Clarice realize that the hideously deformed Verger--who, upon suggestion from Dr. Lecter, peeled off his own face--is using her as bait to lure Dr. Lecter out of hiding, quite certain he'll capture the good doctor.

Taking the basic plot contraptions from Thomas Harris's baroque novel, Hannibal is so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott gives the film a sleek, almost European look that lets you know that, unlike the first film (which was about the quintessentially American Clarice), this movie is all Hannibal. Does it work? Yes--but only up to a point. Scott adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but it's all buildup for anticlimax, as Verger's plot for abducting Hannibal (and feeding him to man-eating wild boars) doesn't really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, and the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence between Clarice, Dr. Lecter, and a third unlucky guest wobbles between parody and horror. Hopkins and Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible, when what made Silence so amazing was their interaction. When they do connect it's quite thrilling, but it's unfortunately too little too late. --Mark Englehart

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Disc 1: HANNIBAL Disc 2: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Disc 3: MANHUNTER

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Great to see another take.......2007-07-27

Seeing "Manhunter" was interesting. It is the original Hannibal Lecter movie. It is a great although less spectacular take on the "Red Dragon" story, same story, different ending.

Classic, fantastic horror set.......2007-06-06

I recently bought Hannibal Rising, and was very impressed. It reminded me of the horrific energy I remembered from the earlier Hannibal Lecter movies.

It's been years since I've seen the earlier movies, so I bought this set from Amazon. I also ordered Red Dragon, individually. It has not yet arrived.

All of these movies are excellent. They're some of the best horror movies I'd seen in decades. I love this boxed set.

Worth it...........2007-05-29

I am a relatively new fan to this genre of movies and after reading the book Silence of the Lambs it was the next best thing. I throughly enjoyed this movie and haven't yet watched the others, yet is the key word, I'm sure I'll enjoy them as much as Silence of the Lambs. I highly recommend this collection for purchase....

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Great buy, but a little disappointed........2007-03-31

I love the Hannibal movies. So I bought the three disc edition. The thing that was a little disappointing was that these dvds had NO BONUS FEATURES. I understand maybe Manhunter or even Silence of the Lambs probably wouldn't have any. But Hannibal definitely was released in the time frame to have special features. Regardless, they're still great movies, and I really enjoy them.

Hannible "Trilogy".......2007-03-27

Being the movie buff I am, I enjoyed this set; however, I was disappointed a bit. When I watched Hannible, it says, to watch the special features, insert disc 2. That's where the problem lies; there is no disc 2. Other than that I enjoyed it, although I wished it also included Red Dragon. Overall, I was very pleased with the set.

The Silence of the Lambs (Full Screen Edition)

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Still haunting after repeated viewings.......2007-09-09

I bought this Criterion DVD when it first was released. It is one of the few movies that translated perfectly from Harris's original novel. And that novel surpasses his later work in style and atmosphere. Hopkins won the award for his fascinating performance. Yet,on repeated viewing,it is the Jodie Foster role as Clarice that is far more interesting. She manages to convey a vulnerability and strength that are a match for the predatory Dr Lector (aka Lecter). Their relationship is one of allure based on intellect. The intellectual marriage is somehow more profoundly sexual in its intimacy,mating of two superior brains and power of revelation (on Jodie's part) that both contrasts and fuses with the impenetrable mystery of this interesting/good professor and mentor/party animal/wild killer/savage obscentiy named Hannibal,which we can never ever hope to understand, and never want to,really. No, the latest book (Hannibal Rising) can't even come close to explaining away this enigmatic fellow. Nor should it. Evil ought to remain mysterious. And we (also empathic with Foster) confront and deal with it...Great Jodie Foster fan here. A real actress worth five stars alone. GS

Hello Clarice.......2007-09-07

Silence of the Lambs of a detective using a serial killer to catch another serial killer. This movie contains two fo the greatest performances in the history of cinema, that of Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter and Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling.

This movie is so good it's almost overwhelming. A definite masterpiece. Jonathan Demme put together an amazing piece of film.

The DVD has extras that, although underwhelming, are quite good. There's a new documentary called "Inside the Labyrith", and also 20 minutes of deleted scenes, other featurettes, and even a collectible booklet.

Definite Must Have.

Clarise.......2007-06-22

Is in the F.B.I. and she is on one of thr touphest cases in her young treanee life, HANDIBLE the CANIBLE!!!!!
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Disturbing and Paranoiac Film.......2007-02-07

This is a mesmerizing tale of the most heinous of nightmares come true as FBI agent Clarice (Jodie Foster) is immersed into an abyss of the darkest side of deviant human behavior where the flesh eating Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) agrees to assist her in her investigation to capture a serial killer who commits unspeakable atrocities on his victims. Jodie Foster must traverse into a world of dark sickening debauchery to capture the killer. The story takes several turns heightening the intensity and unspeakable terror of her assignment. The story is unsettling in its own right but the film seen from Foster's perspective has a pervasive feel of paranoia as if she has not been given all the information she needs or even further to suggest she is actually being set up as bait. One scene in particular comes to mind when sitting in the back seat of the car her boss (Scott Glenn) speaks cryptically to her and she just gazes at the back of his head once he turns around. You really don't know what either character is thinking. Very disturbing.

The Silence of the Lambs (Widescreen Special Edition)

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The Silence of the Lambs - Criterion Collection

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From Thomas Harris' novel, director Jonathan Demme explodes and reconstructs a classic genre, laying a foundation of emotional and political commitment beneath a perfectly constructed psychological thriller. Fourteen years after her controversial role in Taxi Driver, Jodie Foster finally makes the transformation from helpless victim to rescuing hero in this dark, gender-bending fairy tale of an American obsession: serial murder. As Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, Anthony Hopkins is the archetypal antihero-cultured, quick-witted, uncontainable-a portrait of all the sharpest human faculties gone diabolically wrong. Winner of five Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay Adaptation for Ted Tally.

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The Silence of the Lambs (Full Screen Special Edition)

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Still haunting after repeated viewings.......2007-09-09

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ASIN: 6305073333
Release Date: 1997-10-03

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As Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter, Anthony Hopkins is the archetypical antihero--cultured, quick-witted, uncontainable--a portrait of the sharpest human faculties gone diabolically wrong. His performance marked him as a major star in America, and the movie swept the 1991 Academy Awards--Best Picture, Director (Jonathan Demme), Actor (Hopkins), Actress (Foster), and Screenplay Adaptation (Ted Tally, from the novel by Thomas Harris).

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Still haunting after repeated viewings.......2007-09-09

Hello Clarice.......2007-09-07

Clarise.......2007-06-22

Is in the F.B.I. and she is on one of thr touphest cases in her young treanee life, HANDIBLE the CANIBLE!!!!!
And did this before.

Fast.......2007-03-19

I got exactly what I wanted. A used DVD that was inexpensive and not all beat up. The delivery was exceptionally fast. I will buy used movies from this merchant again.

Disturbing and Paranoiac Film.......2007-02-07

The Hannibal Lecter Anthology (Hannibal / The Silence of the Lambs)

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The Hannibal Lecter Anthology (Hannibal / The Silence of the Lambs)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins , Julianne Moore , Gary Oldman , Ray Liotta , and Frankie Faison
Director: Ridley Scott , and Jonathan Demme
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ASIN: B000068QJM
Release Date: 2002-08-27

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Based on Thomas Harris's novel, Jonathan Demme's terrifying Silence of the Lambs really contains only 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. 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. The Silence of the Lambs won 1992 Oscars ^® for best picture, actor, actress, director, and adapted screenplay.

Ten years later in Hannibal, Dr. Lecter (Hopkins) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore, replacing Foster), on the other hand, is now a quiet, moody loner. A botched drug raid results in her demotion--and a request from Lecter's only living victim, Mason Verger (Gary Oldman, uncredited), for a little Q&A. Little does Starling realize that the hideously deformed Verger is using her as bait to lure Dr. Lecter out of hiding. Taking the basic plot contraptions from Harris's baroque novel, Hannibal is so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but it's all buildup for anticlimax, as Verger's plot for abducting Dr. Lecter doesn't really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, and the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence wobbles between parody and horror. Hopkins and Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible, when what made Silence so amazing was their interaction. When they do connect it's quite thrilling, but it's unfortunately too little too late.

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Great buy for Lecter fans!.......2006-12-31

Considering the first two movies, Silence and Hannibal, were released before DVDs were the mainstream media, selling mostly as VHS tapes, and Red Dragon released later as DVD, it's a good idea to have the first two released again together as a DVD set. Such as in my case, I had them on VHS and then the DVD of Red Dragon; now I can get the other two on DVD for a low price and complete the set!

Just as you would not read only the first third of a good book, you should not see Silence of the Lambs without also watching Hannibal and Red Dragon. They are all essential and powerful parts of the Hannibal Lecter story. One should not cheaply judge these films as regular horror movies for their individual entertainment value because they are all part of the masterpiece Thomas Harris has created. I strongly recommend reading the (now four) novels to anyone who would dare criticize the films without doing so.

In my opinion, Hannibal is the greatest of the films, truly portraying Harris' Lecter for all he is, accompanied by Hans Zimmer's amazing original score and beautiful scenery/culture of Italy. Best of all, the movie focuses on the deranged genius Hannibal himself, not using him as an example as in the two other films. The beast is finally out of his cage and he will not be stopped.

I only hope now that the new film Hannibal Rising, to be released February 2007, will be comparable to the beauty of Hannibal, in its photography and in its musical scoring.

Great collection.......2006-08-20

The Silence of the Lambs remains one of the greatest crime thrillers of all time, and any real DVD collector needs this special edition. Hannibal is also a good movie, not in the same ballpark as the first one, but well worth it anyway. Silence: 5 stars. Hannibal: 3 and a half stars. Also be sure to check out the excellent "Red Dragon."

Good Movies, Incomplete Collection, And Other General Misinformation.......2005-08-16

I see the word "anthology", but I think this word is obviously misused here because the pack really misses some important things!

On many occasions, I have told people that my favorite Lechter movie is Hannibal. When I ask them which movie was their favorite, they usually state their opinion in a way that sounds similar to this, "I liked the first one the best."

So I say, "You mean 'Manhunter'?"

Then they get a confused look on their face and say, "Silence Of the Lambs."

Then I have to explain to them that Lambs was not the first Lechter film; Manhunter was, and it was directed by someone who I find very interesting, Michael Mann.

Michael Mann was responsible for creating Miami Vice, then later directed Manhunter, Heat (with Pacino and DeNiro), the Insider (Pacino and Russell Crowe in his best-acted role), Ali (with Will Smith in the only role he acted in), and Collateral (with Jaime Foxx who won the Oscar for Ray that same year).

Manhunter, co-starring Joan Allen, is an exceptional film because it treats the police detective genre in a mor