Directed by:
Ridley Scott

Starring:
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Julianne Moore as F.B.I. Special Agent Clarice M. Starling
Gary Oldman as Mason Verger
Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler
Frankie Faison as Nurse Barney Mathews
Giancarlo Giannini as Inspector Rinaldo Pazzi
Francesca Neri as Allegra Pazzi
Zeljko Ivanek as Dr. Cordell Doemling
Hazelle Goodman as Evelda Drumgo
David Andrews as F.B.I. Agent Clint Pearsall

• Clarice's e-mail address is shown with "fbi.net". Shouldn't that be "fbi.gov"?? - Babs

• In the kitchen scene where Hannibal has broken off the lock of the refrigerator, he shuts Clarice's pony tail in with it. She would have been stuck there...but she is able to free herself to run after Hannibal. (Hair still perfect) - Azwildcat

• Also, when she is looking at the boat in the lake after freeing herself, she has no handcuffs on her wrist. Hannibal cut his hand off, so the cuffs would still be intact on Clarice! We know nobody helped her get free because they approached her in this scene and told her to put her hands up (not knowing who it was). - Azwildcat

• The time frame in the last sequence has me mystified. I assume Hannibal was rescued from the boars by Clarice around 8:00 p.m. (Quoting Verger: "Dinner at 8") This was down in Ashville, S.C., at Vergers place. Do we assume Hannibal drives clear back up to Krendler's weekend home on Chesapeake Bay, operates on Clarice, cleans her up and dresses her; cleans himself up and gets dressed; starts preparing "dinner", plus that "stuff" he does to Krendler after he arrives, all by 8:45 p.m., according to the big clock?? Sure, it COULD be the next day, but I don't think he'd dope Clarice up for 24 hours for the relatively minor wound. And, how did he know that Krendler would be there?? Oh, and one other minor thing: Clarice said to Paul, earlier in the movie, "go home to your wife", when he tried to put the moves on her. But there is no evidence of a wife. I know someone will say, "he probably got a divorce", but it's still goofy. - Babs

• In his printed letter to Clarice, Hannibal signs off with "Regards, Hannibal Lecter, M.D." In the voiceover, we hear, "Regards, your pal, Hannibal Lecter."

• Also, Dr. Lecter signs M.D. very small on the letter, but when Clarice is reading it, M.D. is written very large.

• After Hannibal has removed the top of a character's skull (I won't say who), the character is seen raising and lowering his eyebrows. If he had the top of his head removed, however, his frontalis muscle would have been severed and he would not have been able to move his eyebrows. - Tracy

• One more item on the "kitchen scene" at the end: Clarice goes after Hannibal with both hands. He pushes her back against the fridge and shuts her hair in it. They exchange some dialog,he kisses her, and then you hear the click of the handcuffs when Clarice snaps them on Hannibals wrist. I can't help but think you'd hear the click when she fastenens them around her wrist, too. And where the heck was she hiding them, anyway??? (DVD) - Babs

• When they show the video of Dr Lecter attacking the nurse, on the tape it says that video was dated 2/07/88 ( it is shown on the actual tape, and the upper left hand side of the screen ). But in The Silence of the Lambs when Dr. Chilton is telling Clarice about it, he says that he did it on July 8th, 1987, whoops! - Chubb's

• In some theatrical releases, there were either technical problems or bad prints. In the scene towards the end with Hannibal, Krendler, and Starling in the kitchen, there were very visible booms in the shot, as well as some light rigs. May have been a problem with the projectionist at the theater I saw it at (they gave refunds), as it seemed like a framing problem with an open matte. However, I heard the same thing from a friend who saw it in a different theater. (Theatre) - Blue

• (Continuity) Did anyone notice how (overly) precise Julianne Moore's attempt at Agent Starling's (West Virginian) accent was in the very beginning of the movie and then quickly faded away as the movie continued? - BudYzer

• (Continuity) In Silence of the Lambs, her father was a local town police officer. In this movie, Dr Lecter asks her about her father the night watchman. Opps. - JT

Debated Goofs

• In this film Clarice says that Mason Verger is Hannibal's only victim to survive, but in "Silence of the Lambs" the dude in charge of the prison says the nurse who Hannibal bit lived ("They were able to reset her jaw.") - David
  • Correction: They said Mason Verger was the only survivor from Hannibal's days as a doctor. - Da King
    • Comment: Are you sure they said it was his only victim who survived when he was a Dr.? Not that I would ever see that horrible movie again to make sure... oh and how did Mason get into a wheelchair? It was never explained. Bad storytelling I guess. - David
      • Comment: David asks, why is mason verger in a wheel chair? He blames it on bad story telling but the book tells how Hannibal broke Mason's neck before (beware really gross info) cutting off his (Mason's) face and feeding it to Mason's dogs. They don't say this in the movie because it would probably be too gross. - Paula
        • What about eating brain and hangin people from while their intestines are hanging out? That was not gross enough to leave out, so why would they left out a dialogue about dogs eating a face in this R rated movie.

Commented Goofs

• In Silence of the Lambs, it only took Lecter a couple of seconds to open his handcuffs with Dr. Chilton's pen; but in Hannibal he had to cut off his hand, despite being in a kitchen full of handy accessories and having less pressure to act hastily. (That is if he really does cut off his hand.) - Babs
  • Comment: Hannibal might not have been thinking about that. He was in a hurry. Also could he reach? - Da King
    • Comment: Yes, when Hannibal and Clarice are handcuffed together at the end of the movie he is in quite a hurry to get away. But the act of him cutting off his own hand was a sign of "true love" <<sigh>> (lol) - UnSub
    • Comment: I think that he actually just cut through the chain connecting the handcuffs since he was pressed for time. And, rather than waste precious time looking for something to pick the lock, he wore the sling to make it appear that he had actually cut off his hand, when really it was hiding the handcuff. - Josie

• At the end of the movie, on the airplane, Lecter has what appears to be some of Krendler's brain in a little Tupperware container. When did he have time to prepare that little snack? He was in such a hurry to escape that he had to cut his hand off... - Babs
  • Comment: It's not proved that that was his brain. - Da King

• At the beginning of the movie, when Clarice goes to the male nurse's apartment, there is a fan in the background. It seems to be on, but in the next shot, he is shown putting it on. - Janice
  • Comment: The wind is blowing the fan at the beginning. - Da King

Explained Goofs

• As the convoy of FBI/police vehicles races out to the house to rescue Clarice and Krendler, what's the deal with the helicopter? I know it's a very visually pretty picture, but why does the helicopter have to keep pace with the cars on the highway? Helicopters travel faster than cars, get to go "as the crow flies," and could have arrived sooner at the house than all the agents in those cars. - Kieth Moreland
  • Explanation: I thought Kieth's point about the helicopter was good, but a relative who's a police officer told me that helicopters are sent to provide monitoring, aerial lighting, etc. They don't actually land. In this case, the helicopter arriving before the cruisers would have alerted Hannibal that the police were on the way. - Babs