Hannibal

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Julianne Moore took over the role of Clarice Starling from Jodie Foster. Moore and Foster appeared i [...]	D
(at around 3 mins) The music during the opening credits is "Aria da Capo" from Johann Sebastian Bach [...]	D
Australia received an MA15+ rating, but this movie was edited within the first week of cinema releas [...]	D
(at around 1h 8 mins) In the Italian Police station, when Clarice is on the phone to Agent Benetti, [...]	D
In Florence, Italy, where part of this movie was filmed, it is possible to buy a sort of tourist gui [...]	D
According to Zeljko Ivanek (Dr. Cordell Doemling), he accepted his role because he wanted to work wi [...]	D
The carousel was moved from another location and reassembled inside Union Station.	D
The movie holds the record for the highest box-office gross for a movie with an R rating on an openi [...]	D
Ennio Coltorti (Commissioner Ricci) dubbed Harvey Keitel (Jack Crawford) for the Italian version of [...]	D
Sir Anthony Hopkins was asked in an interview on the subject of whether or not he believed the idea [...]	D
Though Sir Anthony Hopkins had no official say in who would play Clarice, producer and director Sir [...]	D
In a 2016 interview for The Wrap, Anthony Hopkins stated that he regretted returning to his role as [...]	D
The part of Mason Verger was originally offered to Christopher Reeve, based on his work as a wheelch [...]	D
Sir Ridley Scott cast Giancarlo Giannini after being impressed with his performance in Travolti da u [...]	D
Eating any amount of human brain, no matter how well cooked, can cause Prion disease, which is incur [...]	D
Margot Verger (Mason's sister) and Ardelia Mapp (Clarice's roommate) were both major characters remo [...]	D
Ivano Marescotti (Carlo) was in Il talento di Mr. Ripley (1999), also about a killer in Italy.	D
Producer and director Sir Ridley Scott considered disguising Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In the book, he's [...]	D
Cinematographer John Mathieson also worked with Sir Ridley Scott on Il gladiatore (2000) and Le croc [...]	D
Sir Anthony Hopkins was reportedly furious and heartbroken when Jodie Foster decided that she wasn't [...]	D
Although practically the whole movie is based around him as a serial killer, Hannibal Lecter only ki [...]	D
Sir Ridley Scott previously directed I duellanti (1977) and Thelma & Louise (1991) with Harvey Keite [...]	D
After Thomas Harris finished writing the novel, he sent copies to Il silenzio degli innocenti (1991) [...]	D
David Fincher was slated to direct, but dropped out.	D
Gary Oldman isn't featured in the opening credits, despite being the film's main antagonist. It isn' [...]	D
FBI Director Noonan is a reference to actor Tom Noonan who played Francis Dolarhyde in the original [...]	D
(at around 2h) The scene in which Hannibal intentionally severs his hand is a possible reference to [...]	D
When Jodie Foster declined to reprise the role of Clarice Starling, Julianne Moore beat Gillian Ande [...]	D
The ending was originally going to have a shoot-out.	D
(at around 1h) The Italian servant in the Sardinia scene was actually the on-site painter with work [...]	D
Producer Dino De Laurentiis visited producer and director Sir Ridley Scott on the set of Il gladiato [...]	D
(at around 2h) Ray Liotta ate dark chicken meat during the "brain-eating scene".	D
Producer and director Sir Ridley Scott read the 560-page novel in three sittings. He compared adapti [...]	D
(at around 35 mins) While Clarice is searching through the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List on the compute [...]	D
Julianne Moore spent some time at the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia researching her role.	D
(at around 59 mins) When Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi washes the blood off of his hands at the fountain, [...]	D
(at around 1h 19 mins) Sheep entrails from a local butcher shop were used for Inspector Rinaldo Pazz [...]	D
When Gary Oldman showed up on set as his character Mason Verger, all of the cast outside of Anthony [...]	D
John Malkovich and Tim Roth were considered for Dr. Hannibal Lecter, as Sir Anthony Hopkins was init [...]	D
This movie was publicized as having the highest body count in a movie.	D
The fish market was a set built by production designer Norris Spencer.	D
Originally, it was hoped that this movie would re-unite the principal players from Il silenzio degli [...]	D
(at around 1h 35 mins) The carousel scene is an homage to Il terzo uomo (1949), one of Sir Ridley Sc [...]	D
Sir Ridley Scott compared working with the pigs to working with the tigers in Il gladiatore (2000). [...]	D
According to cinematographer John Mathieson, three separate endings were filmed. The filmmakers, uns [...]	D
Steven Zaillian re-wrote David Mamet's script in six weeks.	D
(at around 1h 3 mins) The outdoor opera, Dante Alighieri's "La Vita Nuova", which Dr. Hannibal Lecte [...]	D
There are several mentions about the Il Mostro case in this movie and it is revealed that the Italia [...]	D
(at around 28 mins) The first shot of Florence after the movie starts is the same scene as depicted [...]	D
(at around 9 mins) During the market scene, a sign can be seen atop a market stand, shortly, that la [...]	D
Julianne Moore is afraid of cows. She said her scene with cows scared her more than anything else in [...]	D
There are several Gucci products featured and promoted throughout this movie. This is due to the fri [...]	D
In 2013, there was a news story from Italy, where a gangster fed his rival alive to pigs. Many media [...]	D
The cast includes three Oscar winners: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, and Gary Oldman; and one [...]	D
The novel the film is based on was originally called The Morbidity of the Soul, but the publishers o [...]	D
Inspector Pazzi's name is pronounced as "patsy", which means "gullible fool" in English. This could [...]	D
(at around 3 mins) In the opening montage, the outline of Michelangelo's David can be seen when Sir [...]	D
(at around 35 mins) In the scene featuring the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" fugitives, the man to the rig [...]	D
Tom Sizemore was cast as Krendler, but dropped out for unknown reasons.	D
Paul Krendler's brain was made of two sheep's brains put together. A brain surgeon was on-set throug [...]	D
(at around 52 mins) Sir Ridley Scott talks about the character of Dr. Hannibal Lecter probably using [...]	D
Frankie Faison appeared in the first four "Hannibal" movies. He played Lieutenant Fisk in Manhunter [...]	D
The 500-pound man-eating hogs featured in this movie were selected by producer and director Sir Ridl [...]	D
According to producer and director Sir Ridley Scott, Nurse Barney (Frankie Faison) would take things [...]	D
After their performances as the two leads in the film 'Hannibal' as Clarice Starling and Hannibal Le [...]	D
(at around 2h) There is a vegetarian cookbook on top of the fridge in the "dinner scene" toward the [...]	D
Thomas Harris' novel was so grim and graphic that director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Ted Tally [...]	D
(at around 2h 5 mins) Dr. Hannibal Lecter's self-sourced Dean & Deluca lunch box on the aircraft at [...]	D
In the movie Starling uses a standard issue Sig P226 and is later seen surrendering a Sig P228 and a [...]	D
Following the scene where Hannibal disembowels then hangs Inspector Pazzi from a balcony, Doctor Han [...]	D
Gary Oldman based Mason Verger's voice on Katharine Hepburn.	D
(at around 56 mins) When Gnocco (Enrico Lo Verso) is waiting for Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Ho [...]	D
Producer and director Sir Ridley Scott's first sequel.	D
Starling tracks the unique smell of the letter to Farmacia Di Santa Maria Novella, one of the oldest [...]	D
Sir Ridley Scott had never filmed in Florence, Italy before. He said, "It was kind of organized chao [...]	D
Julianne Moore learned how to handle her sidearm from FBI agent Melissa Thomas, who was a consultant [...]	D
The idea of eating a living person's brain as punishment is a reference to Dante Alighieri's Inferno [...]	D
The largest of the Russian boars was around seven hundred seventy pounds.	D
A special animatronic puppet of Ray Liotta was used for some parts of the brain-eating scene. Liotta [...]	D
Mason Verger's (Gary Oldman's) mansion is actually the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.	D
(at around 1h 55 mins) During the brain-eating sequence, there is a small boar's head trophy mounted [...]	D
Ray Liotta was cast after he kept running into Sir Ridley Scott at the gym. Liotta asked Scott if he [...]	D
Hannibal Lecter's knife is a Spyderco G10 Harpy.	D
The boars ate gelatin-skinned replicas of the two Sardinians; chicken was stuffed inside.	D
Producer and director Sir Ridley Scott had some uncertainty with the source material. In particular, [...]	D
Dino De Laurentiis got first option at the film rights to the novel, because when he optioned Red Dr [...]	D
This marks the third time that Sir Ridley Scott has directed a cast member of The Elephant Man (1980 [...]	D
After years of being actively involved in getting this sequel made during no less than fifteen draft [...]	D
Paul Krendler's (Ray Liotta's) lake house with the boat dock is the same house used in Tutte le mani [...]	D
This movie was first rated "Not under 16" in Germany. But after some test screenings, many youth org [...]	D
Claire Danes was suggested for the role of Clarice Starling by Jodie Foster.	D
Originally, a teaser poster released in the U.K. had a picture of Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony H [...]	D
Some of the places where this movie was filmed include places where filming is hardly ever allowed. [...]	D
According to an interview with producer Martha De Laurentiis in The Guardian, Gary Oldman demanded t [...]	D
Mason Verger's mansion was also seen in Richie Rich - Il piÃ¹ ricco del mondo (1994) as the Rich M [...]	D
The movie was filmed in almost one hundred locations in Washington, D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, [...]	D
Make-up designer Greg Cannom based Mason Verger's look on a fetus.	D
North Carolina State Troopers were used for filming. They can be seen in the search of the Mason Ver [...]	D
Thomas Harris was paid $9 million for the movie rights to his novel.	D
David Mamet's adaptation of the novel was changed entirely by Steven Zaillian. But Mamet still retai [...]	D
Anthony Hopkins and Ray Liotta appeared in Blackway (2015)	D
Sir Anthony Hopkins was paid $20 million for his work on this movie.	D
Chronologically, this is the final installment in the Hannibal Lecter series, after Hannibal Lecter [...]	D
The name Hannibal is of Punic (ancient Phoenician) origin; it comes from HNB'L, meaning "Baal is Gra [...]	D
At the start of his commentary, producer and director Sir Ridley Scott makes the point that the conc [...]	D
In a 2022 interview with BFI, Gary Oldman explained that he based the voice of Mason Verger on the s [...]	D
Dr. Hannibal Lecter's Florentine alias, Dr. Fell, is taken from a rhyming epigram by seventeenth cen [...]	D
Several extras in the movie, and some minor roles in the Florence, Italy scenes, were recruited by S [...]	D
(at around 1h 13 mins) "I make my own home be my gallows" is one of Sir Ridley Scott's favorite line [...]	D
(at around 49 mins) The phone number for the $3 million reward for Dr. Hannibal Lecter on the FBI we [...]	D
(at around 47 mins) On the DVD, in the beginning, when the Universal Pictures logo appears on-screen [...]	D
The Italian library scenes were filmed in Palazzo Capponi, which has books going all the way back to [...]	D
Jodie Foster declined to return as Clarice Starling because she disliked the violence in the novel a [...]	D
This movie's ending differs drastically from the novel. In the book, when Dr. Hannibal Lecter cooks [...]	D
(at around 9 mins) The baby Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) rescues from the gunfight with Evelda [...]	D
Sir Anthony Hopkins wrote a screenplay for a sequel to this movie, most likely titled "Hannibal Endi [...]	D
Gary Oldman spent five hours a day in the make-up chair to become Mason Verger.	D
(at around 1h 15 mins) In the library, Dr. Hannibal Lecter knocks Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi (Giancarlo [...]	D
In the novel's ending, Clarice Starling joins Dr. Hannibal Lecter in dining on Paul Krendler's brain [...]	D
(at around 34 mins) When Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is seen in his study playing the [...]	D
(at around 16 mins) In the book, Mason Verger died when his sister shoved a moray eel down his throa [...]	D
"Okey dokey" was ad-libbed by Sir Anthony Hopkins. It became a catchphrase for Dr. Hannibal Lecter.	D
In the opening credits, just before the director's credit, pigeons are shown flocking on the ground [...]	D
Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins) asks Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi (Giancarlo Giannini) about be [...]	D

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