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MGM Home Entertainment
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Featuring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith, Diane Baker, Kasi Lemmons, Charles Napier, Tracy Walter, Roger Corman, Frankie Faison, Dan Butler, Chris Isaak, George A. Romero, Daniel von Bargen
In this chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, the astonishingly versatile director Jonathan Demme crafted a taut psychological thriller about an American obsession: serial murder. As Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee who enlists the help of the infamous Hannibal “the Cannibal” Lecter to gain insight into the mind of another killer, Jodie Foster subverts classic gender dynamics and gives one of the most memorable performances of her career. As her foil, Anthony Hopkins is the archetypical antihero—cultured, quick-witted, and savagely murderous—delivering a harrowing portrait of humanity gone terribly wrong. A gripping police procedural and a disquieting immersion into a twisted psyche, The Silence of the Lambs swept the Academy Awards (best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actress, best actor) and remains a cultural touchstone.
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Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1
Audio Options:
English DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
English DTS-HD MA Surround 5.1
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Interview, Deleted Scenes, Documentary, Featurette, Behind the Scenes Footage, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Commentary by Jonathan Demme, stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, screenwriter Ted Tally, and FBI agent John Douglas
- New interview with critic Maitland McDonagh
- Thirty-five minutes of deleted scenes
- Interview from 2005 with Jonathan Demme and Jodie Foster
- Inside the Labyrinth, a 2001 documentary
- Page to Screen, a 2002 program about the adaptation
- Scoring “The Silence,” a 2004 interview program featuring composer Howard Shore
- Understanding the Madness, a 2008 program featuring interviews with retired FBI special agents
- Original behind-the-scenes featurette
- Trailer
- An essay by critic Amy Taubin along with, in the Blu-ray edition, a new introduction by Jodie Foster; an account of the origins of the character Hannibal Lecter by author Thomas Harris; and a 1991 interview with Jonathan Demme
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The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are normal for this format. This new digital transfer was created in 16-bit 4K resolution on a DFT Scanity film scanner from the 35 mm original camera negative.
The original 2.0 surround soundtrack was remastered from the 35 mm magnetic track Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.
The original 2.0 surround soundtrack was remastered from the 35 mm magnetic track Clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed using Pro Tools HD and iZotope RX.