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re: Manhunter - the original Hannibal Lecter film.

Posted on 11/4/25 at 11:13 am to
Posted by A12 Oxcart
On the float out in the Belt
Member since Dec 2022
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 11:13 am to
Red Dragon was basically a cash grab because Hopkins wasn't the original Lecter and Manhunter wasn't a box office success.

Norton was bland and Keitel was miscast.

Fiennes and Hoffman were good, as was the scene where Graham catches Lecter. That's it.
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 12:53 pm to
quote:

as was the scene where Graham catches Lecter.


Yep, I had hoped it was in Manhunter as well, but that scene would have been out of place in Manhunter, much like the color hues and soundtrack would have been out of place in Red Dragon.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:00 pm to
Noonan was very good. He’s in some very interesting independent films.And shows up in supporting roles in some relatively major releases.
Posted by PJinAtl
Atlanta
Member since Nov 2007
14456 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:22 pm to
Manhunter/Red Dragon is the one Lecter book/movie(s) entry I haven't seen or read.

It's been a long time since watching or reading Lambs. Was Dollarhyde the former patient that Lecter talks to Starling about and sends her to the storage place where his car and stuff is?
Posted by Honest Tune
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 11/4/25 at 1:27 pm to
No that was Benjamin Raspail’s head. Raspail was a patient of Lecter that introduced Buffalo Bill to Lecter. Raspail (iirc) was the last known victim of Lecter before he was captured.

Lecter killed him because he was in the Baltimore orchestra and Lecter thought his playing sucked haha.

That’s where Red Dragon picks up with the orchestra and having served Raspail’s sweet breads to the orchestra crew eating at his house.
This post was edited on 11/4/25 at 1:33 pm
Posted by Godzilla jr
Member since Sep 2025
307 posts
Posted on 11/4/25 at 7:41 pm to
William Peterson should have had a leading man career. He was that good. But whatever, he made bank with CSI.
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