Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter, as portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs.

Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a fictional character appearing in four novels by author Thomas Harris and their film adaptations. He is generally renowned as one of the most fearsome movie villains ever depicted. [1], [2] Download high resolution version (960x512, 132 KB)Hannibal Lecter as portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. ... Download high resolution version (960x512, 132 KB)Hannibal Lecter as portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. ... Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (IPA: ) (born December 31, 1937) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning Welsh-born film, stage and television actor. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended, generally fictional narrative in prose. ... Thomas Harris. ... One popular concept of the villain, meant to mimic the purposely distinctive visage of villains from silent films of the early 20th century. ...

Lecter appears in Red Dragon (published in 1981, filmed in 1986 as Manhunter and in 2002 under its original title), The Silence of the Lambs (published in 1988, filmed in 1991), Hannibal (published in 1999, filmed in 2001) and Hannibal Rising (to be published in 2006, and filmed as Hannibal Rising and set to be released in 2007). Red Dragon is a mystery thriller novel written by Thomas Harris featuring the brilliant psychiatrist and serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manhunter (1986; see also 1986 in film) is a film based on Thomas Harris novel Red Dragon. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... This entry is about the 2002 film. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1988 novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature Lithuanian count, sociopathic psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal The Cannibal Lecter. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hannibal, a novel by Thomas Harris, is the source material for the film Hannibal, directed by Ridley Scott. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... Hannibal is a 2001 film, directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from the Thomas Harris novel of the same name. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Hannibal Rising is the title of a novel written by The Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hannibal Rising is the fifth film about Dr. Hannibal Lecter and a prequel to Manhunter, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Red Dragon. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In Harris' novels and their film adaptations, Lecter is an ingenious, cultured psychiatrist and resourceful serial killer, who practices cannibalism upon his victims. Psychiatry is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness – both in itself and in bodily illness (psychiatry in medicine) – such as clinical depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Cannibalism in Brazil in 1557 as alleged by Hans Staden. ...

Brian Cox was the first actor to play the character, taking the role in Manhunter, but most moviegoers recognize Sir Anthony Hopkins as Lecter. Hopkins first appeared in the role in The Silence of the Lambs, winning the Academy Award for his highly praised performance. He also appeared as Lecter in Hannibal and Red Dragon. Gaspard Ulliel will portray a younger Lecter in Hannibal Rising. Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter from Michael Manns Manhunter. ... Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, CBE (IPA: ) (born December 31, 1937) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning Welsh-born film, stage and television actor. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Hannibal is a 2001 film, directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from the Thomas Harris novel of the same name. ... This entry is about the 2002 film. ... Gaspard Ulliel in Le dernier jour. ... Hannibal Rising is the title of a novel written by The Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris. ...

Harris, who rarely gives interviews, has never definitively explained his influences for creating Lecter, but real-life cannibalistic murderers such as Albert Fish and Issei Sagawa have been mentioned by fans as possible influences. In 1992, Harris also paid a visit to the ongoing trials of Pietro Pacciani, who was suspected of being the infamous "Monster of Florence"; parts of that story were incorporated into the novel Hannibal. In a commentary on The Criterion Collection DVD version of The Silence of the Lambs, Hopkins claims the villainous computer HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey as one inspiration for his interpretation of the character. Cox stated on the Manhunter DVD interview that his main inspiration for playing Lecter was Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel, who, according to Cox, "didn't have a sense of right or wrong." interview An interview is a conversation between two or more people (The interviewer and the interviewee) where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information from the interviewee. ... Albert Fish around the time of his last arrest For the Canadian politician see Albert Fish Albert Hamilton Fish (May 19, 1870 – January 16, 1936) was an American serial killer and cannibal. ... Issei Sagawa is a cannibal who served time in a French jail for the murder of the Dutch Renée Hartevelt, a classmate at the Sorbonne Academy in Paris. ... Pietro Pacciani ([[]], 1924 - 22 February 1998), was a peasant of Mercatale, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, suspected of being the ill-famed monster of Florence. ... The Criterion Collection is a line of authoritative consumer versions of important classic and contemporary films on laserdisc and, later, DVD. It was established as a joint venture between Janus Films and the Voyager Company in the mid-1980s. ... DVD (Digital Versatile Disc, often incorrectly explained as Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... A Lego RCX Computer is an example of an embedded computer used to control mechanical devices. ... HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) is a fictional computer/character in the Space Odyssey series, the first being the novel and film 2001 A Space Odyssey, written by Arthur C. Clarke in 1968. ... Stanley Kubrick (July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American film director and producer, generally considered one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers of cinema history. ... This article is about the Scottish as an ethnic group. ... Peter Manuel (March 1, 1927 – July 11, 1958) was a U.S.-born British serial killer who committed his crimes in Scotland. ...

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Biography

The following account of the character's life is an interpretation of the novels by Thomas Harris, rather than any films or screenplays.

Early life and murder spree.

A young Hannibal Lecter with his sister, Mischa.

Hannibal Lecter was born in Lithuania in 1938 to a wealthy aristocratic family. His father was a count and his mother a descendant of the famous Visconti family of Milan. In Hannibal he is said to be a cousin of the artist Balthus. He had a younger sister named Mischa. Image File history File links Hannmischa. ... Image File history File links Hannmischa. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The House of Visconti were a noble family whose effectual founder, Oddone, wrested control of the city of Milan from the rival Della Torre family in 1277. ... Country Italy Region Lombardy Province Milan (MI) Mayor Letizia Moratti Elevation 120 m Area 182 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 1,308,311  - Density 6,988/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Milanesi Dialing code 02 Postal code 20100 Patron St. ... Balthazar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 in Paris – February 18, 2001) was an esteemed Polish/French modern artist whose work was ultimately anti-modern. ... Mischa Lecter is a fictional character that appeared in the novel Hannibal and the upcoming prequel Behind the Mask. ...

When Lecter was six, a group of German deserters retreating from Russia shelled his family's estate, killing his parents and most of the servants. Lecter, his sister, and other local children were rounded up by the group of deserters to be used as sustenance during the cold Baltic winter. Mischa was killed and eaten, but young Lecter managed to escape. It is believed that this event would shape the rest of Lecter's life; Harris writes that it destroyed his faith in God (perhaps to be regained when he befriends Clarice), and he believed from then on that there was no real justice in the world. Years later, he would come to see Clarice Starling as a surrogate for his sister. Population density in the wider Baltic region. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... J.L. Urban, statue of Lady Justice at court building in Olomouc, Czech Republic (1896-1901) Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons. ... Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, with Anthony Hopkins as her nemesis, Hannibal Lecter, in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling is a fictional character in the novels The Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris. ...

Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal Lecter in the prequel Hannibal Rising

In Red Dragon, Harris wrote that, as a child, Lecter showed the first and earliest sign of sociopathic behaviour: sadism towards animals. As this doesn't appear to fit completely seamlessly with his later characterization, some fans are troubled by the inconsistency.[3] It should also be pointed out that to be diagnosed as a true sociopath, Lecter must fulfill at least one other requirement from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual's checklist; he shows only two, a lack of remorse and habitual deceitfulness. However, Harris also wrote in Red Dragon that Lecter did not really fit any existing psychological profile, so psychiatrists called him a sociopath for lack of another appropriate label. In Red Dragon, Will Graham (a forensic psychologist) says he believes Lecter is the way he is because of neurological debility, and likens the way his mind works to congenital physical deformity. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x880, 54 KB) Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal Lecter in the prequel Hannibal Rising. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (600x880, 54 KB) Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal Lecter in the prequel Hannibal Rising. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the handbook used most often in diagnosing mental disorders in the United States and other countries. ... People feel remorse when reflecting on their actions that they believe are wrong. ... Offender profiling, or more scientifically, psychological profiling, is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile an unknown subject (unsub) or offender(s). ... This is about the character from Red Dragon. ... Forensic psychology is the application of psychological priniciples and knowledge to various legal activities involving child custody disputes, child abuse of an emotional, physical and sexual nature, assessing ones personal capacity to manage ones affairs, matters of competency to stand trial, criminal responsbility & personal injury and advising judges... Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the central and peripheral nervous systems. ...

Lecter established a psychiatric practice in Baltimore, Maryland in the 1970s. He became a leading figure in Baltimore society and indulged his extravagant tastes, which he financed by influencing some of his patients to bequeath him large sums of money in their wills. He became world-renowned as a brilliant psychiatrist, but he himself apparently had nothing but disdain for psychology; he would later criticize it as "puerile" and "on level with phrenology," and comment that most psychology departments were filled with "ham radio enthusiasts and other personality-deficient buffs." Psychiatry is a medical specialty dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental illness – both in itself and in bodily illness (psychiatry in medicine) – such as clinical depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and anxiety disorders. ... Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more, Bodymore, Murderland Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates: Country United States State Maryland County... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... In the common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his property or family after death. ... Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the study of the human mind, brain, and behavior. ... A 19th century Phrenology chart Phrenology (from Greek: φρήν, phrēn, mind; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is a theory which claims to be able to determine character, personality traits, and criminality on the basis of the shape of the head (reading bumps). Developed by German physician Franz Joseph Gall around 1800, and... Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is a hobby and public service enjoyed by about 3 million people[1] throughout the world. ...

Lecter killed at least nine people before his capture, becoming known in the Baltimore area as "The Chesapeake Ripper". Only three of his victims survived, including Graham, an FBI profiler who was Lecter's captor and who figures largely in the plot of Red Dragon. Another one of these, Mason Verger, figures largely in the plot of Hannibal. Chesapeake is the name of various places in the United States of America: Chesapeake, Ohio Chesapeake, Virginia There are also: Chesapeake Academy, an independent PK-Gr 5 school located in Arnold, Maryland near Annapolis. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... MY NAME IS BOB AND I LOVE PEANUTS!!!!!!11A plot is the course or arrangement of events in a narrative. ... Mason Verger as portrayed by Gary Oldman Mason Verger is a character in the novel Hannibal. ...

Only two of his 9 victims are known by name in the books: Benjamin Raspail and Mason Verger. Verger was the son of a very wealthy and influential family who controlled a meat-packing empire. Verger went through psychiatric counseling with Lecter after being convicted of child molestation. Lecter drugged Verger and suggested he try cutting off his own face. Verger complied and, again at Lecter's suggestion, ate it and then was convinced that he fed it to the dogs, so that pieces could not be found when their stomachs were pumped. Lecter then broke Verger's neck and left him to die. Verger survived, but was left hideously disfigured and forever confined to a life support machine. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Life support, in the medical field, refers to a set of therapies for preserving a patients life when essential body systems are not functioning sufficiently to sustain life unaided. ...

Raspail was Lecter's ninth and final (known) victim before his incarceration. Raspail was a not-so-talented flautist with the Baltimore Philharmonic Orchestra, and it is believed that Lecter killed Raspail because his musicianship, or lack thereof, spoiled his enjoyment of the orchestra's concerts. Raspail's body would be discovered sitting in a church pew with his thymus and pancreas missing, and his heart pierced. It is believed Lecter served these organs at a dinner party he held for the orchestra's board of directors. Raspail claimed to have killed a man whose head was found years later in Raspail's rented storage garage in Baltimore, but Lecter suspected him of covering up for his former lover, Jame Gumb, who would later be involved in Lecter's life as the serial killer dubbed "Buffalo Bill". (Raspail's role in the film versions has been inconsistent; he was killed by Buffalo Bill in the film version of Silence of the Lambs, but by Lecter in the adaptations of Hannibal and Red Dragon. The inconsistency has never been explained.) Dorchester Penitentiary in New Brunswick, Canada is an institution that is part of the Correctional Service of Canada. ... A flautist demonstrates flute-playing technique A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays the flute. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Pews in rows in a church A pew is a long bench used for seating of a church congregation. ... In human anatomy, the thymus is a ductless gland located in the upper anterior portion of the chest cavity. ... The pancreas is an organ in the digestive system that serves two major functions: exocrine - producing pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes. ... The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Grays Anatomy. ... In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of the affairs of the company. ... Buffalo Bill is a fictional character featured in the 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris and its 1991 movie adaptation, in which he was played by Ted Levine. ...

The novels also mention a few details about Lecter's other victims. One, who initially survived, was taken to a private mental hospital in Denver, Colorado. Others include a bow hunter, a census taker whose liver he famously ate with "fava beans and a big Amarone" (in the movie, the wine he had for this particular meal was "a nice Chianti"), and a Princeton student whom he buried. Lecter was given sodium amytal by the FBI in the hopes of learning where he buried the student; he gave them a recipe for potato chip dip. He committed his last three known murders within nine days. A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Nickname: The Mile-High City Location of Denver in Colorado, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Colorado City-County Denver (coextensive) Founded November 22, 1858 Incorporated November 7, 1861 Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) Area    - City 401. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... Binomial name Vicia faba L. Vicia faba, the broad bean, fava bean, faba bean, horse bean, field bean or tic bean is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere. ... Amarone della Valpolicella is an often powerful Italian wine made from dried grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara varieties. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Italian wine. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States of America. ... Sodium amytal is used for severe, long-standing insomnia in people already taking barbiturates. ... An example recipe, printed from the Wikibooks Cookbook. ... Saratoga chips Potato chips (British English or Hiberno-English: crisps) are slim slices of potatoes deep fried or baked until crisp. ...

Lecter was caught in March or April of 1975 by FBI Special Investigator Will Graham. Graham was investigating a series of murders in the Baltimore area committed by a serial killer, and had turned to Lecter for professional advice. When Graham questioned Lecter at his psychiatric practice, he noticed some antique medical books in his office. Upon seeing these, Graham knew Lecter was the killer he sought; the sixth victim had been killed in his workshop and laced to a pegboard in a manner reminiscent of the Wound Man, an illustration used in many early medical books. Graham left to call the police, but while he was on the phone Lecter attacked him with a linoleum knife and nearly disemboweled him. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Antiques (Latin antiquus, old) are objects which have reached an age which makes them a witness of a previous era in human society. ... Categories: Stub ... A linoleum kitchen floor Linoleum is a floor covering made from solidified linseed oil (linoxyn) in combination with wood flour or cork dust over a burlap or canvas backing. ...

The courts found Lecter insane. Thus, he was spared prison and sent to the Baltimore State Forensic Hospital (later the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.) Many of the families of his victims pursued lawsuits against Lecter to have their files destroyed. The FBI investigated four more patients who had died under Lecter's care. He was nicknamed "Hannibal the Cannibal" in the National Tattler, a tabloid that also published unauthorized photos of Graham in the hospital after being attacked by Lecter. Another officer retired from the FBI after being the first to discover Lecter's basement. Lecter's electroencephalogram (EEG) showed a bizarre pattern and, given his history, was ultimately branded "a pure sociopath" by the hospital's administrator, Frederick Chilton (who was not a certified doctor). Ultimately, Lecter remained an enigma; he was far "too sophisticated" for most forms of psychological evaluation, especially as he enjoyed staying abreast of all of the latest developments in his field. Since he knew how the tests worked, no one could use them on him. Inmates at Bedlam Asylum, as portrayed by William Hogarth Insanity, or madness, is a general term for a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder. ... A lawsuit is a civil action brought before a court in which the party commencing the action, the plaintiff, seeks a legal remedy. ... Newspaper sizes in August 2005. ... Electroencephalography is the neurophysiologic exploration of the electrical activity of the brain by the application of electrodes to the scalp. ... Chilton taunts Lecter in Silence of the Lambs. ... Look up enigma in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Hannibal Lecter assisting Will Graham with an investigation.

Lecter was a model patient until the afternoon of July 8, 1981. Upon complaining of chest pains, he was taken to the infirmary where his restraints were removed. He attacked a nurse who was then placing leads for an electrocardiogram (ECG) onto his chest, tore out her eye, dislocated her jaw and ate her tongue. His pulse never went above 85 beats per minute. During the struggle with the orderlies, his shoulder was dislocated. Following the incident, Lecter was treated very carefully by the hospital staff. He was often confined to heavy restraints, a straitjacket and muzzle, and he was only transported when strapped to a hand-truck. Image File history File links Willandgram. ... Image File history File links Willandgram. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article focuses on the education and regulation of nurses. ... Lead II An electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG, abbreviated from the German Elektrokardiogramm) is a graphic produced by an electrocardiograph, which records the electrical voltage in the heart in the form of a continuous strip graph. ... In medicine, a persons pulse is the throbbing of their arteries as an effect of the heart beat. ... Beats per minute (bpm) is a unit typically used as either a measure of tempo in music, or a measure of ones heart rate. ... Dislocation (joint dislocation) occurs when bones at a joint move from their normal position. ... A Posey seen from the rear (with some added restraints) A leather straitjacket A straitjacket is a garment shaped like a jacket with overlong sleeves. ... A muzzle can be: The mouth of a firearm, see firearm muzzle The projecting nose of an animal, see animal muzzle An arrangement of straps used to bind an animal muzzle shut, or otherwise prevent it from biting. ...

Chilton and Lecter's relationship was marked by mutual hatred; Chilton's mediocrity and inflated self-importance offended Lecter, who often humiliated his keeper, while Lecter's constant mind games and slipperiness infuriated Chilton, who punished him by removing his books and toilet seat. (Chilton once claimed Lecter saw him as his nemesis; this was clearly a case of projection.) At the end of Red Dragon, Lecter diagnosed this form of punishment as indicative of the damnation of society by half-measures: "Any rational society would kill me, or give me my books." By contrast, Lecter reached a mutual respect with his primary caregiver and warden, Barney Matthews, and the two often shared thoughts over Barney's correspondence courses. During the investigation of Buffalo Bill, the two would also discuss Clarice Starling. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... An old-fashioned form of distance learning, a correspondence course is a course in which the student studies at home, receiving his/her work by mail and sending it back to the instructor in the same fashion. ...

Helping the FBI

Lecter and his frequent visitor, Clarice Starling, portrayed by Jodie Foster.

During his stay in the hospital, Lecter would help with four FBI cases. Graham came out of retirement in 1978 to help out with the "Tooth Fairy" case and, while at a dead end, he went to Lecter for help, as he had twice before after Dr. Lecter was in custody, but before Graham went into retirement. Lecter "helped" by giving Graham a profile on the tooth fairy, but after helping turn the tables on Graham. Feeling Graham is responsible for his imprisonment, he turns the tables by sending a coded message to the killer, Francis Dolarhyde, to kill Graham and his family (which would later result in Graham being permanently disfigured). Five years later, Jack Crawford sent FBI trainee Clarice Starling to Lecter. Starling thought she was there for a class assignment, hoping to get Lecter to take a questionnaire, but she ended up getting him to help her in the Buffalo Bill case. In both of these cases, Lecter used word play and subtle clues to help Graham and Starling figure it out themselves. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins Promotional image of the movie The Silence of the Lambs This work is copyrighted. ... Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins Promotional image of the movie The Silence of the Lambs This work is copyrighted. ... Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, with Anthony Hopkins as her nemesis, Hannibal Lecter, in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling is a fictional character in the novels The Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris. ... Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... In communications, a code is a rule for converting a piece of information (for example, a letter, word, or phrase) into another form or representation, not necessarily of the same type. ... Francis Dolarhyde as portrayed by Ralph Fiennes. ... Jack Crawford. ... Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, with Anthony Hopkins as her nemesis, Hannibal Lecter, in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling is a fictional character in the novels The Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris. ...

Lecter was not amused when Starling provided possibly the best psychoanalysis of him, observing: Psychoanalysis is a family of psychological theories and methods based on the pioneering work of Sigmund Freud. ...

"You see a lot, doctor. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? What about it? Why don't you look at yourself and write down what you see? Or maybe you're afraid to."

Lecter's relationship with Starling, around which The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal revolve, was part antagonism and part seduction. Harris based the Lecter-Starling relationship on the "consultations" between profiler Robert Keppel and serial killer Ted Bundy, in which Bundy offered to help Keppel track down the Green River serial killer. Interestingly enough, Bundy is known to have owned a copy of Red Dragon while on death row in Starke, Florida. In his book Obsession, profiler John Douglas suggests that Bundy's contacting Keppel was inspired by the Lecter-Graham relationship described in Red Dragon. Offender profiling, or more scientifically, psychological profiling, is a behavioral and investigative tool that helps investigators to profile an unknown subject (unsub) or offender(s). ... Robert D. Keppel (b. ... Theodore Robert Ted Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was one of the most notorious murderers in U.S. history, an American serial killer and rapist who murdered numerous young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978. ... Gary Leon Ridgway (born February 18, 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah), known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. ... Death Row is a term used in some countries, including the United States, which refers to the section of a prison that houses individuals awaiting execution. ... Starke is a city located in Bradford County, Florida. ... John E. Douglas (born June 18, 1945) is a former FBI agent and one of the first profilers. ...

Gumb's last kidnappee was Catherine Martin, daughter of Sen. Ruth Martin. Lecter told Chilton he would reveal Buffalo Bill's real name to Martin and was promptly flown to Memphis, Tennessee, and held at the Shelby County Courthouse. During his stay in Memphis, Lecter lied to Martin, giving her the fake name "William Rubin," or "Bill Rubin" (Bilirubin is a pigment found in feces, the same color as Chilton's hair, Lecter's hint that the name was fake.) The movie changed the name to "Louis Friend," an anagram for "iron sulfide" - fool's gold.) Starling then visited Lecter at his makeshift cell, and he gave her some final clues before making a bloody escape, killing two police officers during the ordeal. He escaped by making a "mask" from the face of one of the officers, donning the officer's uniform and pretending to be his own still-living victim so that he would be hurried away by ambulance while the authorities still hunted for him. Flag Seal Nickname: The River City, The Bluff City, M-Town Location Location in Shelby County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Tennessee Shelby County Mayor W. W. Herenton (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 294. ... Bilirubin is a yellow breakdown product of heme catabolism. ... For animal and plant pigments, see Pigment, biology. ... Feces, faeces, or fæces (see spelling differences) is waste product from an animals digestive tract expelled through the anus (or cloaca) during defecation. ... An anagram (Greek ana- = back or again, and graphein = to write) is a type of word play, the result of rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce other words, using all the original letters exactly once. ... This article is about the mineral Pyrite or Fools Gold. ... An ambulance is an emergency vehicle designated for the transport of anyone who due to disease or injury is in need of medical treatment and/or monitoring throughout transportation. ...

After plastic surgery and the removal of a distinctive sixth finger, Lecter relocated in Florence, Italy. Lecter avoided reconstruction of his nose to protect his uncanny perception of fragrances. In Florence, he took the pseudonym "Dr. Fell," a reference to the Tom Brown translation of Martial's epigram "Non amo te, Sabidi" ("I do not love thee, Doctor Fell / The reason why, I cannot tell.") As Dr. Fell, Lecter's dazzling charm won him the recently vacated position of museum curator. Lecter murdered the previous curator. Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. ... Drawing of a hand with one more thumb or finger than usual. ... Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy, on the Arno River, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. ... A pseudonym (Greek: false name) is a fictitious name used by an individual as an alternative to his or her legal name. ... Tom Brown (1662 – 18 June 1704) was an English translator and writer of satire, largely forgotten today save for a four-line gibe he wrote concerning Dr John Fell. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... It has been suggested that poetic epigram be merged into this article or section. ... A curator of a cultural heritage institution (e. ...

Winning Clarice

Hannibal and Clarice.

Lecter's identity would be discovered by Florence detective Rinaldo Pazzi seven years after his escape from Memphis. Pazzi, who had been disgraced when he bungled the "Il Mostro" case, saw a chance for redemption when he realized Dr. Fell's true identity. Pazzi struck a deal with Verger to get Lecter alive so that Verger could feed Lecter to wild boars. In his efforts to capture Lecter, Pazzi inadvertently informed Lecter of his insight. After disemboweling and hanging Pazzi, Lecter went back to the United States. Both Verger and Starling would hunt him, hoping to get to him before the other. Lecter ended up being captured by Verger's men, but escaped once again, taking the wounded Starling with him and convincing Margot Verger (Mason's sister and a former patient, whom Mason had raped as a teenager) to kill her brother. Lecter left a voice message claiming responsibility for Verger's death. (In the film adaptation of Hannibal, Lecter offers to spare the life of Verger's butler/caretaker on the condition that he kill Mason and even offers to take the blame for the butler/caretaker's crime.) Image File history File links Hannibalc. ... Image File history File links Hannibalc. ... The Pazzi family were Tuscan nobles who had become bankers in Florence in the 14th century. ... // Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig. ... Disembowelment is evisceration, or the removing of vital organs, usually from the abdomen. ... Margot Verger is a fictional character in Thomas Harris novel Hannibal. ...

Lecter kept Starling in total isolation during the next few months, subjecting her to various conditioning techniques ("brainwashing"). His main goal was to systematically replace Starling's memories and personality and make her believe she was Lecter's deceased sister Mischa. After breaking Starling down, Lecter kidnapped her nemesis, Paul Krendler, who was trying to discredit her, as a final test. At the rented home that Lecter was living in, Lecter performed a craniotomy on a drugged Krendler and tastefully prepared and shared his brains with Starling and Krendler himself while Krendler was still alive. Conditioning is a psychological term for what Ivan Pavlov described as the learning of conditional behavior. ... Paul Krendler is a fictional character appearing in the latter two novels in Thomas Harriss Hannibal Lecter series, The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. ... A craniotomy is a surgical operation in which part of the skull (part of the cranium) is removed in order to access the brain. ... In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the control center of the central nervous system. ...

However, Lecter's plan to brainwash Starling ultimately failed, as he utterly underestimated her strong will; Starling refused to have her own personality sublimated, mocking his efforts to turn her into his sister. Then, in the novel's most controversial moment, she exposed her breasts to Lecter and seduces Lecter into becoming her lover. // will power redirects here. ... In psychology, sublimation is a coping mechanism. ...

The couple then vanished. Lecter's former caretaker, Barney Matthews, spotted the two in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2000. It is stated that Starling was able to use sex to tame Lecter's darker impulses and literally domesticate the serial killer, with the two living together with an affluent lifestyle in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires (English: ; originally , City of the Most Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds;[1] pronounced ) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The ending of Hannibal sparked much controversy. Harris wrote an alternate ending for the film adaptation: in the new ending, Lecter didn't try to brainwash Starling, and the infamous dinner party where Krendler's brain was served took place days, not months, after the death of Mason Verger. The police tracked Lecter down, and, in order to buy time, Starling handcuffed herself to Lecter. In the film's climax, Lecter grabbed a meat cleaver and prepared to chop off Starling's hand to escape. She was defiant, so Lecter tested her: he asked her to beg him to turn himself in to the police and renounce his murderous ways. Starling refused, and Lecter thanked her for not disappointing him; he then chopped off his own hand so he could escape. The film ended with a scene from the middle part of the novel, where Lecter was on a plane and gave some food from his Dean & Deluca travel pack to a child sitting next to him. While the novel made it clear that Lecter gave the child liverwurst, the film heavily implied it was left-overs from Krendler's brain. At the end of the film, Hannibal Lecter is still alive and at large. The climax of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama. ... Leberwurst is a typical sausage served in Germany. ...

Appearance

Brian Cox as Hannibal 'Lecktor' from Michael Mann's Manhunter.

In the books, Lecter has been described as short, but with noticeable wiry strength and dignity of bearing that makes him seem taller. He had maroon colored eyes that reflected light and even rows of small white teeth. His "most ardent fan," Francis Dolarhyde, remarks that he is "the dark portrait of a Renaissance prince". In The Silence of the Lambs, he is mentioned to have a widow's peak, and dark hair. He had six fingers on his left hand, the middle finger perfectly replicated, until he underwent a surgery to better mask his identity. Image File history File links Lecktor02. ... Image File history File links Lecktor02. ... Maroon is a color mixture composed of brown and purple. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... Widows peak is the name generally given to a common formation in ones hair, in which the hairline comes together at a sharp downward point toward the face. ...

He tends to be very still, yet very quick when required, and tilts his head to one side when listening. He has excellent hearing and smell. His voice is described as having a metallic ring to it, as though he spoke with a perpetual tension. After plastic surgery, he has different hair and a minor alteration to his nose and cheeks. At the end of Hannibal, when he is spotted with Starling by his former orderly Barney, he has had his face altered again. Hearing, or audition, is one of the traditional five senses, and refers to the ability to detect sound. ... Olfaction (the sense of smell) is the detection of chemicals dissolved in air. ...

His body count totals 21, 14 confirmed by the FBI, and four attempted murders. It is unknown whether he killed Chilton, although he went missing soon after Lecter's escape. An Italian musician also vanished not long before Pazzi's murder. Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. ...

Lecter as a cultural figure

While Harris' novels Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs were critically and commercially successful, it was not until the film adaptation of the latter was released in 1991 that Lecter, as played by Anthony Hopkins, became a cultural icon. In many ways, the character became the template for cinematic portrayals of serial killers from that point on as cold, calculating master criminals who live to play "cat and mouse" with the police, manipulating both their victims and the detectives who "hunt" them like pawns in a game of chess. Many real-life serial killers, such as Andrei Chikatilo, BTK, Robert Mawdsley, and Jeffrey Dahmer have been compared to Lecter. His relationship with Starling set a precedent for the relationships between fictional murderers and police officers; it has by now become almost cliché for onscreen detectives to have "special relationships" with serial killers based on grudging respect and mutual obsession, and for police to consult with them in their cases in order to "think like their prey." Many law enforcement officers who have investigated serial killers have complained that Lecter is an inaccurate, romanticized caricature of an especially brutal kind of criminal, and that the "genius" with which he is portrayed committing sadistic, coldblooded murder, often getting away with it, glorifies and trivializes violence and the pain it causes. For other senses of this word, see icon (disambiguation). ... Look up template in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Chess is an abstract strategy board game and mental sport for two players. ... Police mugshot of Andrei Chikatilo. ... Pool video released March 1, 2005 of Raders first appearance Dennis Lynn Rader (born March 9, 1945) is a serial killer who murdered at least ten people in Sedgwick County (in and around Wichita), Kansas, between 1974 and 1991. ... Robert Mawdsley (born June 1953) is a British serial killer responsible for the murders of four people. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... For the band, see The Police. ... A common caricature of Charles Darwin focuses on his beard, eyebrows, and baldness, while often giving him the features of an ape or monkey. ... A genius is a person with distinguished mental abilities. ...

He has been the inspiration behind many subsequent villainous characters, primarily because he represents an unusually horrific brand of serial killer; while most real-life serial killers suffer from severe psychological difficulties which often impede their sociability and their capability to relate to other people (as exemplified by Francis Dolarhyde from Red Dragon), Lecter fits in among an extremely limited range of sociopath: one who appears on the surface to be completely normal, or perhaps even brilliant; and who just happens to have a penchant for gruesome murder.

Indeed, Lecter's refined, aristocratic charm has made him something of a romantic figure, and his relationship with Starling has drawn many comparisons with the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. While portrayed as a sociopath, Lecter is not without compassion; he feels genuine concern and affection for Starling, mourns the loss of his dead sister, Mischa, respects his caretaker, Barney Matthews, and truly wants to help Margot Verger overcome her brother's abuse. In this sense, he has evolved from a villain into an antihero for whom audiences cheer. Red Dragon director Brett Ratner called him "the Huggy Bear of serial killers." Aristocracy is a form of government in which rulership is in the hands of an upper class known as aristocrats. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... Illustration by Warwick Goble Beauty and the Beast is a traditional folktale (type 425AD -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). ... Ûæ:For the Doctor Who character, see Compassion (Doctor Who). ... Abuse is a general term for the use or treatment of something (person, thing, idea, etc. ... One popular concept of the villain, meant to mimic the purposely distinctive visage of villains from silent films of the early 20th century. ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ... Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is a Cuban-American Jewish film director and music-video director. ...

His line "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti" from Silence of the Lambs was voted as the 21st most famous movie quote of all time by the American Film Institute. The slurping sound he makes right after this line has also become a widely recognized, imitated, and parodied staple of pop culture. Binomial name Vicia faba L. Vicia faba, the broad bean, fava bean, faba bean, horse bean, field bean or tic bean is a species of bean (Fabaceae) native to north Africa and southwest Asia, and extensively cultivated elsewhere. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Italian wine. ...

Related References

• Aestheticization of violence
• AFI's 100 Greatest Heros and Villains
• The Online Film Critics Society Names the Greatest Screen Villain Of All Time: Darth Vader from Star Wars Lecter is ranked second.

The aestheticization of violence in high culture art or mass media is the depiction of violence in a manner that is “stylistically excessive in a significant and sustained way” so that the audience is able to connect references from the play of images and signs” to artworks, genre conventions, cultural...

External links

• Extensive information about the Lecter films, with central focus on Manhunter (1986)
• Manhunter (1986) at the Internet Movie Database
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991) at the Internet Movie Database
• Hannibal (2001) at the Internet Movie Database
• Red Dragon (2002) at the Internet Movie Database
• Crime Library profile of Lecter
• Hannotations
• German fanpage with downloads

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