Hannibal (film) Hannibal (film) Hannibal is a 2001 American psychological horror thriller film directed by Ridley Scott, adapted from Thomas Harris's 1999 novel of the same name. It is the sequel to the 1991 Academy Award–winning film "The Silence of the Lambs" in which Anthony Hopkins returns to his role as the serial killer, Hannibal Lecter. Julianne Moore co-stars, in the role first held by Jodie Foster, as FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. The film had a difficult and occasionally troubling pre-production history. When the novel was published in 1999, "The Silence of the Lambs" director Jonathan Demme, screenwriter Ted Tally, and
Jodie Foster breadwinners of the family during this time. She had recurring roles in "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" (1969–1971) and "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1973), and starred opposite Christopher Connelly in the short-lived "Paper Moon" (1974), adapted from the hit film. Foster also appeared in films, mostly for Disney. After a role in the television film "Menace on the Mountain" (1970), she made her feature film debut in "Napoleon and Samantha" (1972), playing a girl who becomes friends with a boy, played by Johnny Whitaker, and his pet lion. She was accidentally grabbed by the lion on set,