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To enter the mind of a killer she must challenge the mind of a madman.
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Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
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Directed by: Jonathan Demme, Tak Fujimoto, Ron Bozman
Produced by: Kenneth Utt, Edward Saxon, Ron Bozman
Composed by: Howard Shore
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