Hannibal [2001]

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times: 131 mins
Format: Technicolor 35mm [Kodak 5245, 5246, 5279]
Ratio: 1.85:1? 2.35:1?
Sound: DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

[Full Credits]

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Dino De Laurentiis Productions / MGM / Universal Pictures / Scott Free Productions
Executive Producer: Branko Lustig
Producers: Dino De Laurentiis, Martha De Laurentiis, Ridley Scott

SCRIPT
Screenplay: David Mamet, Steven Zaillian
Novel: Thomas Harris

DIRECTION
Director: Ridley Scott

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John Mathieson

EDITING
Editor: Pietro Scalia

MUSIC
Music: Hans Zimmer
Additional Music: Klaus Badelt

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Alessandra Sampaolo
Hair Design Department Head: Giancarlo De Leonardis
Costume Designer: Janty Yates

LOCATIONS
Locations: Asheville, North Carolina, USA; Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina, USA; Florence, Tuscany, Italy; North Carolina, USA; Richmond, Virginia, USA; Sardinia, Italy; Washington, District of Columbia, USA

CAST
Anthony Hopkins [Dr Hannibal Lecter]
Julianne Moore [Clarice Starling]
Gary Oldman [Mason Verger]
Giancarlo Giannini [Rinaldo Pazzi]
Diane Baker [Senator Ruth Martin]
Frankie Faison [Barney the orderly]
Zeljko Ivanek [Dr Cordell Doemling]
Spike Jonze [Donnie Barber]
Boyd Kestner [Agent Méndez]
Ray Liotta [Paul Krendler]
Ivano Marescotti [Carlo Deogracias]
Francesca Neri [Laura Pazzi]
Sam Wells [TV anchorman]

After escaping from captivity, serial killer Hannibal Lecter flees to Florence, Italy where he becomes a curator at the Palazzo Vecchio and, after a few years, seems to be cured of his taste for human flesh. One of his victims, Mason Verger, has survived the doctor's attentions but is disfigured, on a life-support machine and looking for revenge. Only Clarice Starling - who has fallen out of favour with her FBI superiors and is being pilloried by the press - can prevent Mason from carrying out his plan - but Mason is using Starling as bait to draw Lector to him... [Full Synopsis]

France
Theatrical Distributor: UIP

Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Tobis StudioCanal

Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Filmauro

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: GAGA Communications / Humax Pictures Inc

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures

USA
Theatrical Distributor: MGM / UIP / Universal

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Argentina
Rating: 16

Australia
Rating: R

Brazil
Rating: 16

Chile
Rating: 18

Finland
Rating: K-18

France
Rating: -12

Germany
Rating: 18

Hong Kong
Rating: III

Netherlands
Rating: 16

New Zealand
Rating: R18

Norway
Rating: 18

Portugal
Rating: M/16

Singapore
Rating: NC-16

Sweden
Rating: 15

Switzerland
Rating: 18

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R [for strong gruesome violence, some nudity and language]

2001
MTV Movie Awards
Best Kiss [Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore] - nominated
Best Movie - nominated
Best Villain [Anthony Hopkins] - nominated

2000
May
Day Unknown: USA - shooting begins

September
Day Unknown: USA - shooting ends

2001
February
1: USA - industry screening in Los Angeles
5: USA - theatrical premiere, New York
9: Canada, Italy, USA - theatrical release
11: Germany - shown at the Berlin Film Festival
14: Venezuela - theatrical release
15: Australia, Germany, Peru, Switzerland - theatrical release in German speaking region
16: Colombia, Ireland, Panama, UK - theatrical release
21: Chile - theatrical release
22: Argentina, Israel, Netherlands, Singapore - theatrical release
23: Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden - theatrical release
24: South Korea - theatrical release
28: Belgium, France - theatrical release

March
1: Hong Kong - theatrical release
3: Kuwait - theatrical release
8: Lebanon - theatrical release
9: Greece, Taiwan - theatrical release
14: Egypt - theatrical release
16: Thailand - theatrical release
30: Lithuania - theatrical release

April
6: Turkey - theatrical release
7: Japan - theatrical release
11: Indonesia - theatrical release
12: New Zealand - theatrical release
13: India - theatrical release
19: Malaysia - theatrical release
26: Czech Republic, Russia, South Africa - theatrical release
27: Estonia - theatrical release
28: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London [in NFT1]
29: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London [in NFT1]

June
14: Hungary - theatrical release

July
27: Poland - theatrical release

October
26: USA - television broadcast [on pay per view channel]

Break The Silence

The silence will be broken.

The silence is broken.

How long can a man stay silent before he returns to the thing he does best?

Never Forget Who He Is

He's A Man After Your Heart [UK - Valentine's Day Preview]

His genius UNDENIABLE. His evil UNSPEAKABLE. His name... HANNIBAL.

His genius... UNDENIABLE - His evil... UNSPEAKABLE - His name... UNFORGETTABLE

Ten years ago he could get to you from behind the glass. On Feb 9th, he's out. HANNIBAL.

The Silence of the Lambs 2 - working title

SEQUEL TO
Manhunter [1986]
The Silence of the Lambs [1991]

PREQUEL
Red Dragon [2002]

SEE ALSO
Kannibal [2001]
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens [1922]
Scary Movie 2 [2001]

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal [2001]

MAGAZINES

Empire February 2001 p.66-67 [UK]
illustrated preview [by Colin Kennedy]

Entertainment Weekly no.521 [14 January 2000] pp.12-13 [USA]
article [Lamb Chops by Daniel Fierman]

Entertainment Weekly no.581 [9 February 2001] pp.24-31 [USA]
article [The Gory Details by Daniel Fierman]

Entertainment Weekly no.582 [16 February 2001] pp.67-68 [USA]
review [Love Gory (B+) by Owen Gleiberman]

Rolling Stone no.863 [1 March 2001] p.56-57 [USA]
review [by Peter Travers]

Total Film no.2 [March 1997] p.46
note

KEYWORDS

serial killers; revenge; fbi; disfigurement; pigs; florence; sequels