The Rewatchables ·
Who won the movie
Anthony Hopkins
Roger Ebert
Cruise or Hanks
Tom Cruise
Dion Waiters Award
Buffalo Bill
The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award · 1:28:26
Lecter is called an incredible therapist for rapidly identifying and resolving Clarice’s childhood trauma.
Catherine is said to deserve death because she endangered Precious; the take is tied to the participant’s animal-first stance.
The Coach Finstock Award for Best Life Lesson · 2:05:19
Bill Simmons: The panel explicitly frames Catherine’s abduction as a lesson against helping an isolated stranger load furniture.
Selected cast credits · Film reference
In the order the hosts got to it. Open a row for the discussion.
Hackman and Connery for Lecter or Crawford; Pfeiffer and others for Clarice; Ed Harris for Crawford; several alleged Lecter auditions (some uncertain)
No performance recast; Baltimore rather than Pittsburgh as the filming location
Doris Burke
Lecter’s hockey-mask maker, Gumb’s house sale, serial-killer inspirations, Brooke Smith’s preparation, Francis Bacon imagery, and the Bahamas finale
Chilton’s pen, Catherine’s food, missed moth evidence, Lecter’s elaborate escape, profiling by personal acquaintance, Precious’s capture, Miggs’s death, Lecter’s wine pairing and moral code, and Gumb’s target selection
Miggs’s name, Lecter’s cannibalism, Gumb’s music, victim pets, Chilton’s fate, personnel consequences, Precious’s custody, and whether Gumb invented Pinterest
