The Silence Of The Lambs Movie Facts
36 of the most interesting The Silence Of The Lambs facts you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of The Silence Of The Lambs movie message.


The Silence Of The Lambs Movie Trivia Facts
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In preparation for his role as Jack Crawford, Scott Glenn listened to the infamous Van Killers Tape the FBI uses to desensitize their agents. After a few minutes of listening, he broke down crying
The Silence Of The Lambs Easter Eggs
Hidden objects, characters, easter eggs, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.
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The skull on the moth is actually made up of seven naked women and is inspired by 'In Voluptas Mors', a photograph of Salvador Dali posing next to the same skull.
The Silence Of The Lambs Hidden Facts





When Buffalo Bill is dancing and pretending to be a woman he's not wearing a wig, he's wearing the scalp from of one of his victims.

Hannibal says he "ate [the census taker's] liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti". Pythagoras refused to eat fava beans as he thought they could contain the souls of the dead due to their texture being too "flesh-like".
When Dr. Chilton was describing Lector's gruesome attack on a nurse he said that "his pulse never went above 85". Later when Lector is in the ambulance about to attack the EMT, his pulse is 84.


When Clarice first meets him, Hannibal has sketched "a view of the Duomo from the roof of the Belvedere." Wild Bill is ultimately found in Belvedere, Ohio.
The primary clue used to solve the case was written on a map by Hannibal Lecter using a pen he stole from Dr. Chilton. The same pen he uses to escape.




Dr. Lecter states that Buffalo Bill thinks he is like a moth; going through a transition. After Buffalo Bill is killed his arms curl up like a dead insect, suggesting that upon death his transformation is complete




"That is the Duomo as seen from the Belvedere". More wordplay from Lecter.

When Agent Mapp notifies Agent Starling of the phonecall, Mapp goes to grab Starling's wine glass but the man next to her grabs it first, startling Mapp.
The story from Clarice's youth with the lamb screaming foreshadows Clarice saving Catherine, except with a better result (explanation in comments)
When Hannibal Lecter is being transported, the plane that is used has the ID *NSIAN*, which looks a lot like the pronunciation of the word "insane"

Anthony Hopkins misjudged how high the paper file was and missed it multiple times.
Clarice Starling finds racy photos in a music box belonging to the first Buffalo Bill victim, Fredrica Bimmel.
Anthony Hopkins misses the paper he's feeling for twice.
Cast and Details
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