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With Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Judi Dench, Jean De Baer. Based on the true story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books, which later developed into a close, long-distance friendship that evolved over the course of two decades.
- (11K)
- Biography, Drama, Romance
- David Hugh Jones
- 1987-02-13
1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991) R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller. 8.6. Rate. 86 Metascore. A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims. Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine
This movie recounts the 20-year correspondence between Helene Hanff (Anne Bancroft) and Frank P. Doel (Anthony Hopkins), a manager of the London book store, Marks & Co, over the course of 20 years. So how do you turn a series of letters into a movie? Well, you could show people doing the things they write about in the letters, I suppose.
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