There are several instances while Starling is listening to the recorded conversations from The Silence of the Lambs (1991) where the recordings differ from what was said in the movie. Also the conversations were supposedly recorded by the doctor in charge of the institution but the conversation that occurred outside the institution while Hannibal was in the cage is still on tape even though the doctor could not have possibly recorded it since he didn't know it was going to happen and stopped it as soon as he found out.
(at around 9 mins) The blood and shattered windshield at the beginning of the film disappear and reappear between shots.
(at around 9 mins) As the Fish Market scene ends with the final car crash, the gang member hanging out of the passenger side of the car is tossed around letting go of the machine gun and partially landing on the hood of the other car, with no gun in hand. In the next shot he has the gun back in his hand.
(at around 34 mins) When Clarice opens the letter from Hannibal, it is folded in three, whereas when Hannibal is shown folding the letter, he only folds it in two.
(at around 43 mins) The web site Pazzi accesses about Lecter begins with "In 1992..." Later shots show the same text beginning with "In 1990..."
(at around 41 mins) When Pazzi visits the FBI webpage, He clicks on Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, which brings him to a restricted access page, where he is required to login. The FBI Top Ten list is viewable by anybody, no need to login.
(at around 35 mins) It is indicated that Hannibal has been removed from the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, only to be put back on it when the investigation is re-activated. However, individuals are only removed from the list if they die, are captured, or charges against them are dropped, so Hannibal should have remained on the list the entire time.
(at around 2h 5 mins) The aircraft on which Lecter flees the US is a Boeing 747 in the exterior shot. The interior, though, is a Boeing 767.
(at around 27 mins) As Clarice and Barney are in his apartment discussing the fact that he is dealing in Hannibal Lecter related memorabilia, he bribes her into silence by giving her a block of audio tape cassettes originally recorded by Dr Chilton while Dr Lecter was an inmate at his asylum. However, in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), we see Dr Chilton eavesdropping and recording an actual conversation between agent Starling and Hannibal, yet we see him holding what appears to be a miniature reel-to-reel audio recording unit, which does not use the type of cassettes we see Barney in possession of. Strictly speaking, a reel-to-reel and cassettes are similar in format and mechanics, but there is a large visual difference between the tapes that we see Barney giving Clarice in this film and the tape that we saw actually recording the conversation.
(at around 1h 17 mins) Inspector Pazzi's cellphone is switched off in the library, when Lecter takes it and talks to Clarice. Although it is on vibrate mode, the LCD display is blank.
(at around 35 mins) When Lecter writes his first letter to Clarice, he licks the envelope to seal it. When we see it on her desk before she opens it, the only thing keeping it shut is the seal wax in the center. however, Lecter licks the envelope to provide DNA to verify it is not a fake, as he is "re-emerging" from hiding.
(at around 42 mins) When Pazzi is searching for Lecter on the FBI's ten-most-wanted page, the reward is listed as $250,000. Later, the reward is shown as $3,000,000. However, this is a different site. The lower amount is the FBI's reward, while the 3 million is Mason Verger's reward.
(at around 1h 9 mins) Clarice tells Pazzi that Dr. Lecter killed 3 policemen while in custody in Memphis. Dr. Lecter only killed 2 policemen on screen: Boyle and Pembry. The third officer he killed was riding with the ambulance crew (the young officer who held "Pembry's" hand and reassured him he was going to be alright).
(at around 25 mins) When Clarice meets with Barney she says that Lecter had been confined in Chilton's asylum for six years. In The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Lecter says he had been there for eight years. This was repeated in the current film when Lecter on tape says he had been there for eight years.
Actually, Clarice says that Barney survived Lecter six years at the asylum. Barney may have started working there two years after Lecter was first admitted, or he may not have been in charge of attending to him directly up to that point.
Actually, Clarice says that Barney survived Lecter six years at the asylum. Barney may have started working there two years after Lecter was first admitted, or he may not have been in charge of attending to him directly up to that point.
(at around 1h 45 mins) In the scene in the pit, a man is seen pulling two figures into position, while the pigs are eating. Who is that figure? If he is with the pigs, why is he moving bodies? It looks as though a crew member did the action and was not removed in the editing.
Actually, it's Piero dragging Carlo, after Starling has gunned down the latter and handcuffed them together.
Actually, it's Piero dragging Carlo, after Starling has gunned down the latter and handcuffed them together.
(at around 1h 25 mins) When Krendler picks up the faked postcard from Lecter, we can see the handwritten text. The last line reads "Sounds like him to me." This last is a part of the dialogue and was not intended for the text of the postcard.
On many of the close-up shots of Mason Verger, the actor's top lip is separated from the top lip of his makeup. This is especially obvious on the low shots looking up at his face.
(at around 50 mins) When Pazzi approaches the library to visit Hannibal and retrieve the suitcases, a group of monks are seen waiting for the camera to reach them in order to start walking down the stairs. Then as soon as Pazzi rings the doorbell, you can see the monks coming back up the stairs behind him.
(at around 1h 2 mins) When Pazzi checks on his cash reward at the bank, all of the $100 bills that show serial numbers are all the same number (G16134024A).
(at around 13 mins) When Clarice is getting interviewed by the board, and Krendler is first introduced, they pan to a shot of the floor and you can see the mark, which actors had previously stepped up to.
(at around 20 mins) When Lecter picks up the piece of glass from the broken mirror to give to Verger, he does so with a handkerchief, presumably to avoid leaving fingerprints, but when he hands it to Verger, he does so with a bare hand.
(at around 34 mins) The typeface on Lecter's copy of the Washington Post is different from what the Post uses for their headlines and text.
Actually, it's the same. Engravers Old English Font for the masthead, Postoni;garamond;serif for headlines and Century Old Style or Miller Daily for body copy.
Actually, it's the same. Engravers Old English Font for the masthead, Postoni;garamond;serif for headlines and Century Old Style or Miller Daily for body copy.
When Inspector Pazzi talks to other Italian characters (his wife, other officers, the pickpocket), they talk accented English, but when the Sardinians talk to each other (and to the boars), they speak Italian.
(at around 1h 1 min) When Mason Verger's Italian pig breeders have the swine devour a mannequin, in one shot a pig deforms the mannequin's face with its giant fangs; in the next shot, the mannequin's head is intact and re-inflated with no evidence of the prior abuse that should have left it permanently concave.
It was likely made from an elastic polymer with shape-memory that recovers from crushing.
It was likely made from an elastic polymer with shape-memory that recovers from crushing.
(at around 4 mins) At the beginning of the movie when the SWAT team is traveling, it shows Clarice on her back sleeping with her right hand under her head, but in the next shot (when the officer asks how she can sleep at a time like this) she is on her side with her arms together near her waist. It then cuts to her opening her eyes and she is again on her back, right arm under her head again.
She wasn't sleeping. Only the Special Agent said she was sleeping and she obviously wasn't. She was tossing and turning restlessly, sometimes even opening her eyes.
She wasn't sleeping. Only the Special Agent said she was sleeping and she obviously wasn't. She was tossing and turning restlessly, sometimes even opening her eyes.
(at around 34 mins) The voiceover "reading" Hannibal's letter to Clarice is very different from the written version we see.
(at around 1h 5 mins) When Hannibal gives Dante Alighieri's Sonett to Allegra Pazzi and says, "...this might amuse you," his mouth doesn't match the words.
(at around 34 mins) When the letter is being read by Starling and there is a voiceover by Lecter, we see Lecter playing Johann Sebastian Bach's Goldberg Variations on piano. The keys struck by Lecter and the notes we hear do not match exactly, suggesting Anthony Hopkins mimicked playing the piano for the camera.
(at around 8 mins) On the surround audio track, as heard in cinemas, the drug bust features sounds of gunfire that don't correspond with where the shooters are standing. Also, at least once the camera angle changes and the sound effects remain in the same place.
(at around 1h 26 mins) Clarice relinquishes her badge and gun in front of Richmond, Virginia's beautiful skyline (standing in for Washington, D.C.).
Lecter is able to move from one country to another without being detected.
When Insp. Pazzi visits Lecter in his flat, on entering he shuts the open door behind him (making it harder for him to escape if Lecter turns violent); when Lecter approaches him he keeps his hands rooted in his pockets; finally, after the Dante lecture he stands with his back to him and allows Lecter to walk up behind him; in other words, he does everything a trained police officer would not do when alone in a confined space with a man he knows to be a high-risk prolific murderer.
(at around 1h 11 mins) In his lecture on Dante Alighieri's Inferno in the Capponi Library in Florence, Lecter incorrectly assigns the sin of avarice to Pier della Vigna, who died by hanging; Dante emphasizes Vigna's innocence and says he was unjustly accused by envious subordinates, which drove him to suicide. Lecter also inaccurately attributes the quote "I made my own home my gallows" to Vigna: the quote comes from an anonymous Florentine suicide invented by Dante.
Hannibal mis-pronounces the word 'tableaux' (plural of 'tableau') as having an 'S' on the end ('tableaus') - an unusual mistake for such a cultured and educated man to make. (However, this may not actually be a mistake on his part, but rather an intended error. There have been times when Dr Lecter purposely mis-pronounces words for the sake of effect, such as the "census taker" speech in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). In that scene (after brow-beating Clarice for her humble West Virginia roots) he pronounces "Chianti" as "Key-ant-y" as a subtle taunting with regards to what he perceives as her uncultured origins.)
(at around 34 mins) When Hannibal is reading newspaper headlines propped up on his piano, one of them purports to be from Washington, D.C. However, the headline uses the British phrasing, "Drugs Bust," instead of the American "Drug Bust," giving away the true source of the printed prop.
When Hannibal drank his wine he cleared his fingerprints. He doesn't do so with his little cup.