Hannibal - Superbit

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore Director: Ridley Scott Original UK Premiere: 2001 Dvd Release: 7th July, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Closed-captioned, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Dutch, English, Hindi

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Hannibal is a 2001 film, directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from the Thomas Harris novel of the same name. Set ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, we find that one of Dr Lecters surviving victims, the wealthy Mason Verger, is out to torture & kill him. The films begins in Italy & movies to the United States ; one of the final scenes shocked audiences & critics alike. // FBI Agent Clarice Starling is in disgrace after killing five people in a botched drug raid. Following a hearing on her conduct she is sent to interview Mason Verger, having learned that he has information regarding Dr Lecter. he was under a court order to have therapy sessions with Lecter after being convicted of child sex abuse charges. During a social call, Dr Lecter requested Mr. Verger to inhale amyl nitrite fumes ; once Verger was high, Lecter convinced Verger to rip his own face off with a glass shard & then hang himself. Meanwhile in Florence, Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi is investigating the disappearance of a library curator..

DVD Extras: The good-looking widescreen anamorphic print is accompanied by a directorial commentary on the first disc. Ridley Scott is no stranger to DVD commentaries by now, & keeps up a pretty constant flow of enjoyable story exposition, although provides few specifics about the actual filmmaking process. He's obviously more than happy to talk about this movie, since on the second disc there are also Ridleygram interviews with Scott about the process of storyboarding & a huge chunk of deleted or alternate scenes with optional directorial commentary. There's a wealth of other extras to dip into, including five making-of featurettes , plus two multi-angle vignettes of the film's opening sequences , & a marketing gallery of trailers, stills & artwork. Surround-sound enthusiasts can select either Dolby 5.1 or DTS soundtracks for the main feature.

Yes, hes back ... & hes still hungry. Hannibal is set 10 years after The Silence of the Lambs, as Dr Hannibal the Cannibal Lecter is living the good life in Italy, studying art & sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling , on the other hand, hasnt had it so good, an outsider from the start, shes now a quiet, moody loner who doesnt play bureaucratic games & suffers for it. A botched drug raid results in her demotion, & a request from Lecters only living victim, Mason Verger , for a little Q & A. Little does Clarice realise that the hideously deformed Verger, who, upon suggestion from Dr Lecter, peeled off his own face, is using her as bait to lure Dr Lecter out of hiding, quite certain hell capture the good doctor.

Taking the basic plot contraptions from Thomas Harriss baroque novel, Hannibal is so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott gives the film a sleek, almost European look that lets you know that, unlike the first film , this movie is all Hannibal. Does it work? Yes, but only up to a point. Scott adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but its all a build-up to the anticlimax, as Vergers plot for abducting Hannibal doesnt really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, & the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence between Clarice, Dr Lecter & a third, unlucky guest wobbles between parody & horror. Hopkins & Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible, when what made Silence of the Lambs so amazing was their interaction. When they do connect its quite thrilling but its unfortunately too little too late.

Sir Anthony Hopkins, CBE is a British -born American actor who was born Philip Anthony Hopkins in Margam, near Port Talbot, Wales to Richard & Muriel. He was strongly influenced & encouraged to become an actor by fellow Welshman Richard Burton, whom he met briefly at the age of fifteen. He also conquered an alcohol addiction in 1975 & has not touched a drop since, drinking sparkling cider at his March 2003 wedding. He now resides in the United States where he became a naturalized citizen on April 12, 2000. However, as a dual national, he retains his knighthood & can use the title Sir in the UK, but not in the US, since it is considered inappropriate according to the British consulate. Hes been married three times. His first two wives were Petronella Barker & Jennifer Lynton. Hes currently married to Stella Arroyave. He has a daughter named Abigail Hopkins from his first marriage. His most famous role was as the character Hannibal Lecter in the film The Silence of the Lambs for which he also won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He reprised the role twice in Hannibal & Red Dragon. Posters Of Anthony Hopkins

Editors Choice: Red Dragon, Hannibal, Proof, The Worlds Fastest Indian, The Human Stain, Bad Company, Hearts In Atlantis, Instinct, View DVDology

Julianne Moore is an American actress who first came to fame playing the Daytime Emmy Award -winning roles of Frannie & Sabrina Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns. She played the twins from 1985 to 1988. Bart Freundlich 2 children ; John Gould Rubin ; Sundar Chakravarthy However, most know her today as a film actress. for Best Actress & for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award & a SAG award for her performances in Far From Heaven in 2003. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1999 for The End of the Affair & was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award in 1997 for Boogie Nights. Posters Of Julianne Moore

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Sir Ridley Scott in South Shields is a British film director & producer. Scott studied photography at the Royal College of Art & helped establish the film department there in the mid-1960s. After graduation he secured a traineeship with the BBC leading him to work on the popular television series Z Cars. Along with Alan Parker, Hugh Hudson & his younger brother Tony Scott they estalished an advertising company. Having cut his teeth on UK television commercials in the 1970s he graduated to Hollywood, where he produced & directed a number of top boxoffice films. His striking visual style, incorporating a detailed approach to production design & innovative, atmospheric lighting, has been tremendously influential to an entire subsequent generation of filmmakers — many of whom have simply imitated him outright. Scott is notable for his versatility. He rarely makes two films in the same genre & many of his films are popularly rated as some of the best examples of their genres. Posters Of Black Hawk Down

Editors Choice: Kingdom Of Heaven, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men, Gladiator, White Squall, Thelma And Louise, Black Rain, View DVDology

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