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Overview

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Writers:
Thomas Harris (novel)
Michael Mann (screenplay)
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Release Date:
15 August 1986 (USA) more
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Tagline:
(reissue) Hannibal Lecter's legacy of evil begins here. more
Plot:
An FBI specialist tracks a serial killer who appears to select his victims at random. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(62 articles)
Hannibal Lecter to Play a Dwarf in The Hobbit?
 (From ReelzChannel. 17 November 2009, 1:20 AM, PST)

Brian Cox Up For Dwarf Role In 'The Hobbit'?
 (From MTV Splash Page. 16 November 2009, 8:32 AM, PST)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Red Dragon (USA) (original script title)
Red Dragon: The Curse of Hannibal Lecter (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:
119 min | USA:124 min (director's cut)
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Michael Mann's direction to Brian Cox about playing Hannibal Lecktor was to play him like a British public schoolboy. Cox based his performance on his then 15-year-old son who was attending public school at the time. more
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Crew or equipment visible: Wires for a squib charge visible on kitchen floor when Dollarhyde shoots at the glass bottles. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jack Crawford: We should have talked at the boatyard. You don't wanna talk about it here.
Will Graham: I'm not fallin' all over myself to talk about much anywhere, Jack.
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100 out of 130 people found the following comment useful.
Blasphemous opinion, 1 December 2002
Author: kevin-186 from Iowa

This will no doubt elicit howls of outrage, but I have always thought that Mr. Cox's portrayal of Hannibal Lector to be far superior to that of Mr Hopkins'. Mr Cox portrays Lector as someone coldly intellectual, almost reptilian and inhuman, while Mr Hopkins gives a performance that always brings to mind that of Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein". Mind you, I really enjoy Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorius; I'm just saying that the charming, witty and OH! so urbane serial killer has been done to death, and had been even when "Silence Of The Lambs" came out. Rent this video if you want to see how it's supposed to be done.

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