The Silence of the Lambs
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Jonathan Demme Run Time: 119 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1991
Starring: Anthony Heald, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
Our Page to Screen series continues with The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme’s 1991 psychological horror thriller!
In 1986, young FBI trainee Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is pulled from training and straight into the case of a serial killer of young woman named Jame “Buffalo Bill” Gumb (Ted Levine). In order to extract more information, Starling is assigned to interview a man named Hannibal
Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins), another killer incarcerated underground for his unspeakable method of slaughter. The deeper she involves herself in the case, the longer her plunge lasts into the hellish capability of humans.
The first film to feature Sir Anthony Hopkins in the career-defining role of Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs is an expertly calibrated balancing act of dread and suspense that makes it impossible to look away from the screen.
After the film stick around for a discussion with Reggie Peralta, our Staff Writer and Site Editor, and our friends from Arvida Book Co. about the movie and book it’s based on!