10 Things You Didn't Know About The Silence of the Lambs

by Adam Rayner

10. A Lecter By Any Other Name

The Silence of the Lambs returns Hannibal Lecter as the correct spelling of one of contemporary literature's greatest villains. In the earlier 1986 movie Manhunter, director Michael Mann changed the name to Hannibal Leckt0r for Brian Cox's portrayal.
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