Hannibal

"His genius undeniable. His evil unspeakable. His name...Hannibal."

2001 2h 11m EN

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After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

“His genius undeniable. His evil unspeakable. His name...Hannibal.”

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Cast

Anthony Hopkins
Dr. Hannibal Lecter
Julianne Moore
Clarice M. Starling
Gary Oldman
Mason Verger
Ray Liotta
Paul Krendler
Giancarlo Giannini
Insp. Renaldo Pazzi
Željko Ivanek
Dr. Cordell Doemling
Frankie Faison
Barney Matthews
Francesca Neri
Allegra Pazzi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: David Mamet, Steven Zaillian
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $87M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Hannibal Lecter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ridley Scott, shot by John Mathieson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Pietro Scalia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Ridley Scott directs. John Mathieson behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. Pietro Scalia cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $87M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 4.0× over at the box office.
325 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
5Part of the "The Hannibal Lecter Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Ridley Scott, shot by John Mathieson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Pietro Scalia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore and Gary Oldman carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "His genius undeniable. His evil unspeakable. His name...Hannibal.".
11IMDB entry: tt0212985 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 28 themes, including "based on novel or book", "venice, italy", "fbi", "manipulation".

The technical file

Cinematography: John Mathieson
Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Pietro Scalia
Production design: Norris Spencer
Costume design: Janty Yates
Makeup / hair: Aaron F. Quarles
VFX supervisor: Tim Burke
Sound: Doug Hemphill
Stunt coordinator: Phil Neilson
Runtime: 131 min · 2h 11m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $87,000,000
Box office: $351,692,268
Return: 404% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hannibal (2001)

Part of

The Hannibal Lecter Collection

Hannibal Lecter 'Lecktor' is an American psychological thriller film series, adapted from the Thomas Harris novel of the same name. Hannibal is a sequel to the 1991 Academy Award-winning film The Silence of the Lambs that returns Anthony Hopkins to his iconic role as serial killer Hannibal Lecter 'Lecktor'. Julianne Moore co-stars, taking over for Jodie Foster in the role of FBI Agent Clarice Starling. Red Dragon prequel stars Edward Norton as FBI agent Will Graham. Original Manhunter and Hannibal Rising sans Hopkins.

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Gimly2020-06-10
★ 6/10
Certainly the weakest of the Anthony Hopkins Hannibal movies. Having read the books before I watched the movies, that actually does sort of track, as the first two books were better than the third. Even so, I actually think Hannibal does the worst job of adapting the source material too. Looks pretty good and there's quite the cast list (although I don't think many of them are exactly giving career-defining performances here), Julianne Moore is fine as Clarice Starling (although not as good as Jodie Foster), and the story isn't bad, but if I'm being honest, I typically give this one a skip whenever I'm revisiting the Lecter mythos. Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go.
CinemaSerf2023-09-02
★ 6/10
As sequals go, this isn't a bad one - but somehow we are a bit more sanitised to the evil of Sir Anthony Hopkins' "Hannibal Lecter" in this; and Julianne Moore doesn't quite have the intensity of Jodie Foster as FBI agent "Clarice". The story is also a bit too contrived: Millionaire Gary Oldman ("Verger") tries to use "Clarice" to lure, for motives of revenge, "Lecter" out from his secret existence as a museum curator in Florence. Once she discovers where he is, she alerts the carabinieri to keep an eye on him; one of whom quite fancies the reward so tries to take matters into his own hands... Hopkins returns to the US with only one aim in mind, and a cunning game of cerebral chess ensues. It comes across as more of a compendium of short stories rather than as a flowing narrative; there is still plenty of gruesomeness, but without the subtlety - the script isn't at all sophisticated; and though there is plenty of classical music trying to replicate some of the class of "Silence of the Lambs" (1991) it just doesn't quite work. It's a good enough effort, but just lacks that je ne sais quoi.