The FBI was very impressed by this movie's accuracy in depicting criminal investigations, serial killers, and their victims. They especially praised the realism of the scene where Catherine Martin (Brooke Smith) is begging to see her mommy (as psychological stress will often cause victims to revert to their childhood). However, they disagreed with Clarice (Jodie Foster) discovering Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) on her own, because inexperienced agents would never be sent out alone on dangerous assignments. When Jonathan Demme explained to them that he couldn't change it because it was the movie's psychological climax, they relented, saying that it would be the most improbable and rare course of action of all time, never to be repeated again. It should be noted though that in the original script, Clarice had been suspended from the FBI Academy over the failed deal with Dr. Lecter; when she meets Bill, she is technically a civilian investigating the case of her own volition.
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