#the-silence-of-the-lambs

#the-silence-of-the-lambs

Gene wanted to direct, and play Hannibal Lecter, Harris's agent, Robert Bookman, told Deadline in 2017. Work on a screenplay was under way when Hackman suddenly got cold feet and abandoned the project, apparently because it was too dark. Bookman recalled: Gene Hackman's daughter read the book. And she called her father and said, Daddy, you're not making this movie.' The Silence of the Lambs was released in 1991, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Anthony Hopkins, and won all five of the top Oscars.