Film· 2001· Thriller

Hannibal

by Ridley Scott

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Hannibal Lecter

Book · 1981

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Ridley Scott's adaptation of the third Lecter novel, made ten years after The Silence of the Lambs. It changes Harris's ending, which had Starling leave with Lecter; Jodie Foster's refusal to return is usually attributed to that ending, and the film supplies a different one.

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Hannibal

Set in the Hannibal Lecter universe.

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.

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