The Silence of the Lambs.
A movie that won the hearts of (or scared the pants off) critics and viewers alike, solidifying its cinematic legacy thanks to memorable characters, slick writing, and the fact that to this day it remains one of the few movies, and the only horror movie, to win the Big Five at the Oscars.
It scooped up Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay at the Oscars in 1992.
The film told the story of Clarice Starling, an FBI agent who is forced to seek out and then work with Hannibal Lecter, a psychopathic serial killer and former psychiatrist. All so she can apprehend another serial killer who has been torturing and killing his female victims.
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Created by Jenny Lumet (“Rachel Getting Married”) and Alex Kurtzman (the 21st century “Star Trek” TV franchise), “Clarice” is set in 1993, a year after the events in “The Silence of the Lambs.”
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Clarice Starling needs no introduction. She s the kind of groundbreaking character whose TV series can be sold with one name.
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The Silence of the Lambs, presumes that Clarice Starling is now famous in her world, too: She s the woman who took down Buffalo Bill and tangoed with Hannibal Lecter, though you won t hear Hannibal mentioned by name in the series. There s a legal explanation for his absence from this story (the rights to author Thomas Harris characters are confusingly divided), but it s a gift for the show: It keeps the focus on Clarice. She s the only celebrity this show needs. Her FBI therapist refers to Hannibal obliquely as her last therapist ; he was fascina