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Hannibal (Two-Disc Special Edition)

starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Frankie Faison
directed by: Ridley Scott

: Hannibal (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MGM
EAN: 9780792850427
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792850424
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 21, 2001
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 5280
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 2001



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Description:
Anthony Hopkins is 'perverse perfection' (Rolling Stone) in his return to the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the sophisticated killer who comes out of hiding to draw FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) into a high-stakes battle that will test her strength, cunning and loyalty.

Amazon.com:
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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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Foul.
Hannibal starring Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore is a disgusting sequel to The Silence of the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Worthy follow up
Seeing Hannibal makes me think back to the greatness of Manhunter and Silence Of The Lambs. When one ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Dr. Lecter is Back!!!
I thought this was a pretty good movie. (Which is now the 4th Hannibal movie in the order it's supposed ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Mirror, mirror on the wall
Could you imagine it as a love story ? Yet... Imagine the ruthlessness of a man who is ready to wreck everything ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I assure you, the next course is to DIE for.
While I would have preffered the novel's ending to the story of Hannibal, this was a wonderful, wonderful movie. ... Read More

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