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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792853541
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792853547
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 27, 2002
Running Time: 249 minutes
Sales Rank: 31110
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: February 14, 1991
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Based on Thomas Harris's novel, Jonathan Demme's terrifying Silence of the Lambs really contains only a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill. In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. The Silence of the Lambs won 1992 Oscars® for best picture, actor, actress, director, and adapted screenplay.
Ten years later in Hannibal, Dr. Lecter (Hopkins) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore, replacing Foster), on the other hand, is now a quiet, moody loner. 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&A. Little does Starling realize that the hideously deformed Verger is using her as bait to lure Dr. Lecter out of hiding. Taking the basic plot contraptions from 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 adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but it's all buildup for anticlimax, as Verger's plot for abducting Dr. Lecter doesn't really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, and the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence 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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great buy for Lecter fans!
Considering the first two movies, Silence and Hannibal, were released before DVDs were the mainstream media, selling mostly as VHS tapes, and Red Dragon released later as DVD, it's a good idea to have the first two released again together as a DVD set. Such as in my case, I had them on VHS and then the DVD of Red Dragon; now I can get the other two on DVD for a low price and complete the set!
Just as you would not read only the first third of a good book, you should not see Silence of ... Read More
Rating: - Great collection
The Silence of the Lambs remains one of the greatest crime thrillers of all time, and any real DVD collector needs this special edition. Hannibal is also a good movie, not in the same ballpark as the first one, but well worth it anyway. Silence: 5 stars. Hannibal: 3 and a half stars. Also be sure to check out the excellent "Red Dragon."
Rating:  - Good Movies, Incomplete Collection, And Other General Misinformation
I see the word "anthology", but I think this word is obviously misused here because the pack really misses some important things!
On many occasions, I have told people that my favorite Lechter movie is Hannibal. When I ask them which movie was their favorite, they usually state their opinion in a way that sounds similar to this, "I liked the first one the best."
So I say, "You mean 'Manhunter'?"
Then they get a confused look on their face and say, "Silence Of ... Read More
Rating:  - Only 1 DVD is Worthwhile
The Silence of the Lambs is a great film that makes you scared but makes you think. Hannibal just makes you numb from the onslaught of disgusting and griesome acts, like Passion of the Christ. I guess nothing will ever be rated NC-17 for gruesome violence and depravity. These nasty and un-dramatic sequels should be avoided unless you want to ruin your day and waste your money.
Rating: - One great movie and one very bad movie
Please don't buy this set, at least not if you don't already know both movies well.
The sophisticated "Silence Of The Lambs" is one of the greatest thrillers ever made, but the gory, superficial "Hannibal" is not worthy to be mentioned in the same breath. Get "Lambs" and its prequel "Red Dragon", and leave "Hannibal" alone.
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