Silence Of The Lambs, The

Based on the frightening best-seller by Thomas Harris, "The Silence Of The Lambs" made history in 1992 as the third film to ever win the top five Academy Awards®. Clarice Starling (Foster) is a young FBI trainee who seeks the advice of the imprisoned infamous psychiatrist and diabolical cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Hopkins) on catching an elusive serial killer known only as "Buffalo Bill" (Levine). As Bill's most recent abductee garners national media attention, the rookie agent meets with Lecter, who demands information about her personal life in exchange for clues, and they form a strangely intimate connection in the process. This is the 118-minute version, not the 138-minute original cut. (Gary Reber)