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6.8After 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.
Released: 2001-02-08131 minDir: Ridley ScottCrime, Drama, Thriller
Cast
- Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter
- Julianne Moore as Clarice M. Starling
- Gary Oldman as Mason Verger
- Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler
- Giancarlo Giannini as Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
- Željko Ivanek as Dr. Cordell Doemling
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ridley Scott
- Screenplay by
- David Mamet Steven Zaillian
- Based on
- Hannibal , by Thomas Harris
- Produced by
- Dino De Laurentiis Martha De Laurentiis Ridley Scott
- Starring
- Anthony Hopkins Julianne Moore Gary Oldman Ray Liotta Frankie R. Faison Giancarlo Giannini Francesca Neri
- Cinematography
- John Mathieson
- Edited by
- Pietro Scalia
- Music by
- Hans Zimmer
- Production companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Universal Pictures Dino De Laurentiis Company Scott Free Productions
- Distributed by
- MGM Distribution Co. (United States and Canada) United International Pictures (International)
- Release date
- 9 February 2001 ( 2001-02-09 ) (United States)
- Running time
Key dates
- Published
- 15 February 2001
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Red Dragon
- Follows
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Based on
- Hannibal
- Main subject
- revenge
- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Screenwriter
- Thomas Harris
- Cast member
- Bruce MacVittie
Article
Hannibal is a 2001 American psychological horror film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by David Mamet and Steven Zaillian, based on the 1999 novel by Thomas Harris. It is a sequel to The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Its plot follows disgraced FBI special agent Clarice Starling as she attempts to apprehend the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter before his surviving victim, Mason Verger, captures him. Anthony Hopkins reprises his role as Lecter, while Julianne Moore replaces Jodie Foster as Starling and Gary Oldman plays Verger. Ray Liotta, Frankie R. Faison, Giancarlo Giannini, and Francesca Neri also star.
Harris published Hannibal eleven years after the publication of The Silence of the Lambs (1988). Scott became attached while directing Gladiator (2000), and signed on after reading the script pitched by Dino De Laurentiis, who had produced Manhunter (1986), the first Lecter film. Principal photography commenced in May 2000, lasting sixteen weeks.