"kidnapped and eaten by starving neighbors (though she states that it is unclear whether the story was true or whether Stepan Chikatilo even existed). The location of the book ""Hannibal"" was inspired by The Monster of Florence. While preparing the book, Harris traveled to Italy and was present at the trial of the main suspect, Pietro Pacciani, where he was seen taking notes. Hannibal Lecter Dr. Hannibal Lecter is a character in a series of suspense novels by Thomas Harris. Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel ""Red Dragon"" as a forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer. The novel"
"said of Harris, ""All he is is a talent of the first rank."" Thomas Harris William Thomas Harris III (born September 22, 1940) is an American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. All of his works have been made into films, the most notable being ""The Silence of the Lambs"", which became only the third film in Academy Award history to sweep the Oscars in major categories. Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but moved as a child with his family to Rich, Mississippi. He was introverted and bookish in"
"1970s. In 1981, Thomas Harris wrote ""Red Dragon"" as the first novel to introduce Dr. Hannibal Lecter. The character is said to be based on the real life Dr. Alfredo Balli Trevino. In 1988, Harris wrote the sequel, ""The Silence of the Lambs"". Early cinema was inspired by many aspects of horror literature, and early horror cinema started a strong tradition of horror films and subgenres based on horror fiction that continues to this day. Up until the graphic depictions of violence and gore on the screen commonly associated with the 1960s and 1970s slasher films and splatter films, comic"
"performance. In 2003, Hannibal Lecter (as portrayed by Hopkins) was chosen by the American Film Institute as the greatest villain in American cinema. In June 2010, ""Entertainment Weekly"" named him one of the ""100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years"". ""Red Dragon"" firmly states that Lecter does not fit any known psychological profile. In ""The Silence of the Lambs"", Lecter's keeper, Dr. Frederick Chilton, claims that Lecter is a ""pure sociopath"" (""pure psychopath"" in the film adaptation). In the novel ""Red Dragon"", protagonist Will Graham says that Lecter has no conscience and tortured animals as a child, but does"
"As written by Bryan Fuller and played by Mads Mikkelsen, Hannibal Lecter, therapist-turned-cannibalistic-serial-killer-turned-crime consultant and possibly one of the greatest characters of 20th century popular literature, is just a big drag."" Verne Gay from ""Newsday"" gave the pilot a ""C+"" rating and wrote, ""And if Will is such a genius at reconstructing crime scenes, why can't he look into that sinister Lecter soul to see the crime scene going on in there? Everyone else in the audience can. ""Hannibal"" just feels like a waste of a big talent - Fuller's."" Vicki Hyman from ""The Star-Ledger"" gave the pilot a ""C"""
"Hannibal (Leckie novel) Hannibal is a 1995 historical novel by Scottish writer Ross Leckie. The book relates the exploits of Hannibal's invasion of Rome beginning in 218 BC, narrated by the Carthaginian general in his retirement. It was the first of the ""Carthage"" trilogy, covering the Punic Wars. The novel received mixed reviews, mainly due to the extreme violence occasionally described in the narrative. Beginning with the general’s youth and a potted history of Carthage in an attempt to explain Hannibal’s hatred of Rome, the bulk of the story is confined to the invasion of Italy and the epic journey"
"Freddy Lounds Freddy Lounds (or Fredricka ""Freddie"" Lounds) is a fictional character in the Hannibal Lecter series, created by author Thomas Harris. Lounds first appears in the 1981 novel ""Red Dragon"" as a foil to protagonist Will Graham. Lounds is ultimately murdered by the novel's primary antagonist, serial killer Francis Dolarhyde. Harris describes Lounds as ""lumpy and ugly and small"", with ""buck teeth"", and whose ""rat eyes had the sheen of spit on asphalt"". In terms of personality, Harris further describes Lounds as having ""the longing need to be noticed that is often miscalled ego"", sharpened by frustrated ambition: Resentful"
"needed to be part of our Hannibal Lecter story. Between Lynch and Kubrick, there's a lot of inspiration."" English actor Hugh Dancy was the first actor to be cast, taking on the lead role of FBI criminal profiler Will Graham, who seeks help from Lecter in profiling and capturing serial killers. In June 2012, Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen was cast as Lecter. Soon after this, actor Laurence Fishburne was cast as FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit commander Jack Crawford. Caroline Dhavernas was later cast as Dr. Alana Bloom, a former student of Hannibal Lecter, and Hettienne Park was cast as CSI"
"Lecter. Directed by Michael Mann, the film received mixed reviews and fared poorly at the box office. It has since developed a cult following. After Harris wrote a sequel to the novel, ""The Silence of the Lambs"" (1988), itself turned into a highly successful film in 1991, ""Red Dragon"" found a new readership. A second sequel, ""Hannibal"", was published in 1999 and adapted into a film in 2001. Both film sequels featured Anthony Hopkins in the role of Hannibal Lecter, for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1991. Due to the success of the second and third"
"in film and literature, sometimes incorporating a hybrid of traditional psychopaths from early film and late-19th century literature with the high-functioning behaviors detected in some serial killers. The psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, most notably portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in the Academy Award-winning 1991 film ""The Silence of the Lambs"", is perhaps the most infamous fictional psychopath of the 20th century. Lecter is intelligent and sophisticated (whereas psychopathy is generally associated with lower than average verbal intelligence), and his disarming charisma and wit disguise his true nature as a serial killer. He spends most of the film"
"was ""Manhunter"" (based on ""Red Dragon"") which features Brian Cox as Lecter, spelled ""Lecktor"". In 1991, Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for his portrayal of the character in ""The Silence of the Lambs"". He would reprise the role in ""Hannibal"" in 2001 and in a second adaptation of ""Red Dragon"" made in 2002 under the original title. The NBC television series ""Hannibal"" debuted in 2013, and focuses on the development of the relationship between Lecter and Will Graham, an FBI profiler. In the series, Lecter is portrayed by Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who won a Saturn Award for his"
"the world-renowned company founded by Gaston Lenôtre, as of 2015, it had 37 stores in 8 countries. Also, former Fauchon pastry chefs Pierre Hermé, Dominique Ansel, and Christophe Adam each opened their own company competing with Fauchon in the pastry department. Pierre Hermé alone had 37 stores in 7 countries as of 2015. In Thomas Harris's book ""Hannibal"" (1999), the infamous fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter, while on a flight from Europe to America, waits until everyone is asleep before producing a Fauchon food parcel of aromatic truffled pate de foie gras and Anatolian figs, as well as a half"
"Frederick Chilton Dr. Frederick Chilton is a fictional character appearing in Thomas Harris' novels ""Red Dragon"" and ""The Silence of the Lambs"". Chilton is first introduced in Harris' 1981 novel ""Red Dragon"" as the pompous, incompetent director of a sanitarium near Baltimore, Maryland, acting as the jailer for the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter. When FBI profiler Will Graham goes to Lecter for advice on capturing another serial killer, Francis Dolarhyde, Chilton makes an unwelcome attempt to question Graham about Lecter's psyche. When Dolarhyde learns of Graham's visits with Lecter, the two killers attempt to correspond through the classifieds of"
"Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. In 2005, comedian-musicians Jon and Al Kaplan parodied the story, especially the film, in ""Silence! The Musical"". It premiered Off-Off-Broadway and has since had productions in London and Los Angeles. In 2012, the Los Angeles production won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards for Score, Lead Performance, and Choreography. The Silence of the Lambs (novel) The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris' 1981 novel ""Red Dragon""."
"down to the script, I was very consciously saying, 'What would David Lynch do with a Hannibal Lecter character? What sort of strange, unexpected places would he take this world?' I'm a great admirer of his work and his aesthetic and his meticulous sound design. Those were all components that I felt very strongly needed to be part of our Hannibal Lecter story. Between Lynch and Kubrick, there's a lot of inspiration."" Fuller also cited David Cronenberg and Dario Argento as influences on the series. Fuller cited Tony Scott as an influence for the third season. English actor Hugh Dancy"
"of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Heald played Shylock in Shakespeare's ""The Merchant of Venice"". Anthony Heald Philip Anthony Mair Heald (born August 25, 1944) is an American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in ""The Silence of the Lambs"" and ""Red Dragon"", and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's ""Boston Public"". Heald also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's ""The Practice"" and ""Boston Legal"". Heald was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of an editor. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1971. Heald has worked"
"The Silence of the Lambs (novel) The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris' 1981 novel ""Red Dragon"". Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. Its film adaptation directed by Jonathan Demme was released in 1991 to box office success and critical acclaim. Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, is asked to carry out an errand by Jack Crawford, the head of the FBI division that draws up psychological profiles of serial killers. Starling is"
"in his youth, was too mechanistic. James Ellroy has described ""Red Dragon"" as 'the best pure thriller I've ever read' and cited it as an influence on his own novel ""Killer on the Road"". Red Dragon (novel) Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to investigate a serial killer nicknamed The Tooth Fairy, who is murdering entire families. The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to whom Graham turns for advice. The title"
"Moss. Ulliel dated French actress Cécile Cassel from 2005 to 2007. Had a brief relationship with Charlotte Casiraghi in 2007 and dated Jordane Crantelle from 2008 to 2013. Since 2013, Ulliel has been in a relationship with French model/singer Gaëlle Piétri. On November 9, 2015, it was announced that the couple were expecting their first child together. The birth of the couple's son was announced on February 9, 2016. Gaspard Ulliel Gaspard Ulliel (; born 25 November 1984) is a French actor and model. He is best known for portraying serial killer Hannibal Lecter in ""Hannibal Rising"" (2007) and fashion"
"Minnesota. With the investigation weighing heavily on Graham, Crawford decides to have him supervised by forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Initially, Lecter – who is secretly a cannibalistic serial killer – works to manipulate the FBI from within, but the bond he builds with Graham begin to threaten his longevity. Lecter is fascinated by Graham's ability to empathize with psychopathic murderers, and tries to push the boundaries of Graham's fragile sanity in order to turn him into a killer himself. NBC began developing a ""Hannibal"" series in 2011 and former head of drama Katie O'Connell brought in her long-time friend"
"and Diana Bonakis (married 1965 – divorced, 1968). He had had no children by either marriage. Leonard Cottrell died on 6 October 1974. Leonard Cottrell Leonard Eric Cottrell (21 May 1913 – 6 October 1974) was a British author and journalist. The majority of his books were popularisations of the archaeology of ancient Egypt. His book about the Carthaginian general, ""Hannibal: Enemy of Rome"", is notable in its preparation: Cottrell traveled the ostensible path Hannibal took across the Alps into the Po River valley and incorporated his personal findings with his research in the book's narrative. Leonard Cottrell was born"
"L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard ( ; March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), often referred to by his initials LRH, was an American author and the founder of the Church of Scientology. After establishing a career as a writer of science fiction and fantasy stories, in 1950 he published a ""branch of self-help psychology"" called Dianetics. Hubbard subsequently developed his ideas into a new religious movement that he called Scientology. Hubbard was cited by ""Smithsonian"" magazine as one of the 100 most significant Americans of all time. Born in Tilden, Nebraska in 1911, Hubbard spent much of his"
"Anthony Heald Philip Anthony Mair Heald (born August 25, 1944) is an American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in ""The Silence of the Lambs"" and ""Red Dragon"", and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's ""Boston Public"". Heald also had a recurring role as Judge Cooper on Kelley's ""The Practice"" and ""Boston Legal"". Heald was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of an editor. He graduated from Michigan State University in 1971. Heald has worked extensively on Broadway and has been twice nominated for the Tony Award for his"
"of 2017, ""Black Sunday"" is the only book by Harris not to involve the serial killer Hannibal Lecter. In his introduction to a new printing of the novel in 2007, Harris states that the driven, focused character of terrorist Dahlia Iyad was an inspiration for and precursor to Clarice Starling in his later Lecter novels. Michael Lander is a pilot who flies the Aldrich Blimp over NFL football games to film them for network television. He is also, secretly, deranged by years of torture as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, a bitter court martial on his return and a"
"involvement. ""Hannibal Rising"" film producer Dino De Laurentiis said ""I say to Thomas, 'If you don't do [the prequel], I will do it with someone else... I don't want to lose this franchise. And the audience wants it...' He said, 'No. I'm sorry.' And I said, 'I ""will"" do it with somebody else.' And then he said, 'Let me think about it. I will come up with an idea.'"" Hannibal Rising Hannibal Rising is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, published in 2006. It is a prequel to his three previous books featuring his most famous character, the cannibalistic"
"the love is absolutely on the table."" Remembering how the song for the finale of the series - ""Love Crime"" by Siouxsie Sioux - was created, Fuller said: ""It was interesting. She [Siouxsie Sioux] was like, ""I want to write this song, and what are the things I should really be thinking about?"" And I was like, 'this is a love story. A love story between a full-fledged psychopath and someone who has nascent psychopathic abilities.' Actually, Hannibal Lecter is not a psychopath; he's something else entirely. But it's a love relationship between two men: one of them is a"
"as Robert Ford in the HBO sci-fi series ""Westworld"". Hopkins played Autobot ally Sir Edmund Burton in """", which was released in June 2017. Perhaps Hopkins' most famous role is as the cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter in ""The Silence of the Lambs"", for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1991, with Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, who also won for Best Actress. The film won Best Picture, Best Director and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Hopkins also picked up his first BAFTA for Best Actor. Hopkins reprised his role as Lecter twice; in"
"be one of the two most frightening popular novels of modern times, the other being ""The Exorcist"". Charles de Lint criticized ""Hannibal"" as a huge disappointment, citing ""its disturbing subtexts, which... set [Lecter] up as a sympathetic character,"" and Harris' ""twisting [Starling] so out of character simply to provide a 'shock' ending."" Martin Amis was extremely critical of the book (having been impressed by Harris' earlier Lecter novels) and wrote that ""Harris has become a serial murderer of English sentences, and Hannibal is a necropolis of prose."" The first printing of ""Hannibal"" was 1.3 million copies. It was the second"
"Hannibal’s army took to reach its goal, including the voyage across the Straits of Gibraltar with his elephants on rafts, the far from easy passage through Spain and of course, the incredible feat of taking his entire army with their elephants over the Alps. The events described are often violent and sometimes quite horrific in their cruelty both on the journey and in the fighting which took place on Italian soil as Hannibal’s army sweeps through the Italian countryside seeking to out-manoeuvre his Roman opponents. Hannibal (Leckie novel) Hannibal is a 1995 historical novel by Scottish writer Ross Leckie. The"
"Red Dragon (novel) Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to investigate a serial killer nicknamed The Tooth Fairy, who is murdering entire families. The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer to whom Graham turns for advice. The title refers to the figure from William Blake's painting ""The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun"". The novel was adapted as a film, ""Manhunter"", in 1986, which featured Brian Cox as"
"Ridley Scott's ""Hannibal"" (2001), and ""Red Dragon"" (2002). His original portrayal of the character in ""The Silence of the Lambs"" has been labelled by the AFI as the number-one film villain. Director Jonathan Demme wanted a British actor for the role, with Jodie Foster stating, ""Lecter is a manipulator and has a way of using language to keep people at bay. You wanted to see that Shakespearean monster."" At the time he was offered the role, Hopkins was making a return to the London stage, performing in ""M. Butterfly"". He had come back to Britain after living for a number"
"which was never realized. In the NBC series ""Hannibal"" the character of Hannibal Lecter's psychiatrist, played by Gillian Anderson, whose complicity with and knowledge of his crimes is uncertain, is called Bedelia DuMaurier in reference to this work. Bedelia (novel) Bedelia is a novel by Vera Caspary first published in 1945 about a blissfully happy newlywed couple in which the husband learns that his wife may have a criminal past. His growing suspicion and discovery of corroborating evidence lead him to think that she might be a serial killer, and that he could be her next victim. Set in small-town"
"Maurice Leblanc Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (; ; 11 November 1864 – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle's creation Sherlock Holmes. Leblanc was born in Rouen, Normandy, where he was educated at Lycée Pierre-Corneille. After studying in several countries and dropping out of law school, he settled in Paris and began to write fiction, both short crime stories and longer novels. The latter, heavily influenced by writers like Gustave Flaubert"