Hannibal is a 2001 American thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from the 1999 novel by Thomas Harris. Anthony Hopkins reprises his role as the serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Julianne Moore co-stars as FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling, the role first held by Jodie Foster. Set ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal follows Starling’s attempts to apprehend Lecter before his surviving victim, Mason Verger, captures him. The film broke box office records in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom in February 2001, but received mixed reviews.
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Hannibal is a 2001 American thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from the 1999 novel by Thomas Harris. Anthony Hopkins reprises his role as the serial killer Hannibal Lecter. Julianne Moore co-stars as FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling, the role first held by Jodie Foster. Set ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal follows Starling’s attempts to apprehend Lecter before his surviving victim, Mason Verger, captures him. The film broke box office records in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom in February 2001, but received mixed reviews. The novel Hannibal drew attention for its violence. It is set in Italy and the U.S. and is about a woman who tries to apprehend a cannibal serial killer who has been on the run for ten years. It has been described as the sequel to the 1991 film The Silence Of The Lambs and the first Lecter film, Manhunter. It was written by David Mamet and Steven Zaillian, with the screenplay by Dino De Laurentiis and Ted Tally. The movie was released on February 14, 2001, and was released by Universal Pictures in the UK on February 17, 2001. It had a difficult pre-production, with director Jonathan Demme, screenwriter Ted Tall, and Foster all declined to be involved in its adaptation. It opened to negative reviews and was not a box office success, but did well in Australia and Canada.
It went on to become one of the top ten highest-grossing films of the year, with a total of $1.2 billion in worldwide box office revenue. It also became the second highest-earning film of 2001, behind The Shawshank Redemption ( $2.4 billion) and ahead of The Bourne Identity ( $3.1 billion). The film was released in Australia on February 16, 2002, and had a disappointing box office performance, with just over $1 million in box office receipts. It became the fourth highest-selling film of 2002, behind Manhunter ( $1 billion) and Manhunter ($1.3 million) The film is based on a novel by Harris. The book was published in 1999 and has been adapted into a film by RidleyScott and Ridley Scott. The screenplay was written for the film by De Laurent iis, who produced Manhunter and directed Manhunter, as well as the TV series Manhunter: The Killing of Jame Gumb (2002) and Manhunting, the Killing of Hannibal Gumb, the first of two Lecter films to feature Anthony Hopkins in the lead role. In the novel, Lecter masquerades as Dr. Fell, the assistant curator and caretaker of a library. In Florence, Chief Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi is investigating the disappearance of a museum curator. He learns of Verger’s US$3 million personal bounty on Lecter, and attempts to capture Lecter alone. He recruits a pickpocket to obtain Lecter’s fingerprint to show Verger.
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