The Silence of the Lambs

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The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American crime horror thriller movie. It was directed by Jonathan Demme. It stars Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. It is based on the novel by Thomas Harris, which was the second novel about psychopathic psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In the movie, Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is sent to see the Dr. Lecter in prison to ask his advice on catching a serial killer called Buffalo Bill. Buffalo Bill has been abducting women and skinning them.

The movie was released in 1991. Jonathan Demme won an Academy Award for Best Director. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins both won Academy Awards (for their playing Clarice Starling and Dr. Hannibal Lecter). The movie also won Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. It is one of only three movies to win the five most important Academy Awards.

Hopkins' performance as Lecter is one of the shortest lead acting Oscar-winning performances ever, as Hopkins is only on screen for seventeen minutes in the movie.

Release dates

Country	Premiere
United States	14 February 1991
Italy	5 March 1991
Norway	14 March 1991
Greece	22 March 1991
Sweden	22 March 1991
Finland	29 March 1991
Peru	4 April 1991
France	10 April 1991
Germany	11 April 1991
Austria	12 April 1991
Switzerland	12 April 1991 (German speaking region)
Netherlands	12 April 1991
Switzerland	17 April 1991 (French speaking region)
Denmark	19 April 1991
	26 April 1991
Australia	9 May 1991
	10 May 1991
Brazil	17 May 1991
United Kingdom	31 May 1991
Argentina	6 June 1991
Serbia	7 June 1991
Ireland	14 June 1991
Japan	14 June 1991
South Korea	15 June 1991
Spain	6 September 1991
Portugal	6 September 1991
Uruguay	2 October 1991
Turkey	11 October 1991
Czechoslovakia	24 October 1991
Poland	30 January 1992
Hungary	27 March 1992