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Article: FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR THE PRODUCERS OF 'HANNIBAL,' NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE EXCESS.(L.A. Life)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 9, 2001
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Byline: Bob Strauss Film Writer
It isn't easy to make a hero out of a cannibalistic serial killer.
Even when the trick has been pulled off before.
that was the brief for ``Hannibal,'' the long-anticipated sequel to the multi-Oscar-winning box-office blockbuster ``The Silence of the Lambs.''
In the way that counts most, the new movie project is something of a cakewalk. With Anthony Hopkins reprising his superstar-making role as the urbane, insane killer psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, want-to-see levels for the film are so high that the $80 million-plus project is all but assured a huge box-office take. Hardly any other movie of any ...