Manhunter

Starring:William L. Petersen, Kim Greist, Joan Allen, Brian Cox, Dennis Farina, Tom Noonan, Stephen Lang, David Seaman, Benjamin Hendrickson, Michael Talbott, Dan Butler, Michele Shay, Robin Moseley, Paul Perri, Patricia Charbonneau, Bill Cwikowski, Alex Neil, Norman Snow, Jim Zubiena, Frankie Faison
Director: Michael Mann
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD
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Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
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- Classic, fantastic horror set
- Worth it....
- Great buy, but a little disappointed.
- Hannible "Trilogy"
- It was more than what I expected
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Manhunter:Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
The Silence of the Lambs: Based on Thomas Harris's novel, this terrifying film by Jonathan Demme really only contains a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, virtually entombed in a subterranean prison for the criminally insane. At the behest of the FBI, agent-in-training Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) approaches Lecter, requesting his insights into the identity and methods of a serial killer named Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine). In exchange, Lecter demands the right to penetrate Starling's most painful memories, creating a bizarre but palpable intimacy that liberates them both under separate but equally horrific circumstances. Demme, a filmmaker with a uniquely populist vision (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild), also spent his early years making pulp for Roger Corman (Caged Heat), and he hasn't forgotten the significance of tone, atmosphere, and the unsettling nature of a crudely effective close-up. Much of the film, in fact, consists of actors staring straight into the camera (usually from Clarice's point of view), making every bridge between one set of eyes to another seem terribly dangerous. --Tom Keogh
Hannibal: Yes, he's back, and he's still hungry. Ten years after The Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore, replacing Jodie Foster), on the other hand, hasn't had it so good--an outsider from the start, she's now a quiet, moody loner who doesn't play bureaucratic games and suffers for it. A botched drug raid results in her demotion--and a request from Lecter's only living victim, Mason Verger (Gary Oldman, uncredited), for a little Q and A. Little does Clarice realize that the hideously deformed Verger--who, upon suggestion from Dr. Lecter, peeled off his own face--is using her as bait to lure Dr. Lecter out of hiding, quite certain he'll capture the good doctor.
Taking the basic plot contraptions from Thomas Harris's baroque novel, Hannibal is so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott gives the film a sleek, almost European look that lets you know that, unlike the first film (which was about the quintessentially American Clarice), this movie is all Hannibal. Does it work? Yes--but only up to a point. Scott adeptly sets up an atmosphere of foreboding, but it's all buildup for anticlimax, as Verger's plot for abducting Hannibal (and feeding him to man-eating wild boars) doesn't really deliver the requisite visceral thrills, and the much-ballyhooed climatic dinner sequence between Clarice, Dr. Lecter, and a third unlucky guest wobbles between parody and horror. Hopkins and Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible, when what made Silence so amazing was their interaction. When they do connect it's quite thrilling, but it's unfortunately too little too late. --Mark Englehart
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Disc 1: HANNIBAL Disc 2: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS Disc 3: MANHUNTER
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Classic, fantastic horror set.......2007-06-06
I recently bought Hannibal Rising, and was very impressed. It reminded me of the horrific energy I remembered from the earlier Hannibal Lecter movies.
It's been years since I've seen the earlier movies, so I bought this set from Amazon. I also ordered Red Dragon, individually. It has not yet arrived.
All of these movies are excellent. They're some of the best horror movies I'd seen in decades. I love this boxed set.
Worth it...........2007-05-29
I am a relatively new fan to this genre of movies and after reading the book Silence of the Lambs it was the next best thing. I throughly enjoyed this movie and haven't yet watched the others, yet is the key word, I'm sure I'll enjoy them as much as Silence of the Lambs. I highly recommend this collection for purchase....
2-Chance
Great buy, but a little disappointed........2007-03-31
I love the Hannibal movies. So I bought the three disc edition. The thing that was a little disappointing was that these dvds had NO BONUS FEATURES. I understand maybe Manhunter or even Silence of the Lambs probably wouldn't have any. But Hannibal definitely was released in the time frame to have special features. Regardless, they're still great movies, and I really enjoy them.
Hannible "Trilogy".......2007-03-27
Being the movie buff I am, I enjoyed this set; however, I was disappointed a bit. When I watched Hannible, it says, to watch the special features, insert disc 2. That's where the problem lies; there is no disc 2. Other than that I enjoyed it, although I wished it also included Red Dragon. Overall, I was very pleased with the set.
It was more than what I expected.......2007-03-21
Because it had manhunt which is the first version of red dragon and the first in the series. I give it two thumbs up.
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- The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!
- William Peterson is highly under-rated!!
- They don't make em' like this anymore.
- "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2
- Go ahead and buy the full screen edition
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Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
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Witness the birth of evil. This eerie, very intense (New York) thriller from writer-director Michael Mann (Heat, The Insider) first introduced the world to the cunning, unforgettable serial killer named Hannibal. Joan Allen and Stephen Lang co-star in this dark locomotive ofa film (Los Angeles Times) that promises to keep viewers riveted (Time)!Former FBI profiler Will Graham (William Petersen, CSI ) reluctantly returns to his old job to track a horrific serial killer known as the 'tooth Fairy. But in order to get into the mind of this maniac, Graham must face another: Hannibal, the imprisoned psychiatrist whose own insanity almost cost Graham his life and whose insights into the Tooth Fairy could prove as dangerous as the killer himself.
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The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!.......2007-04-18
I bought this DVD a few years ago and I haven't had any of the problems that some of the new editions have. That said, This is a great movie in every respect. The acting is top-notch all through. I don't think that Red Dragon can stand up to this movie at all, despite its star-power. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton but William Pederson is much better. You can really feel him getting deeper and deeper into the case. The scene where he realizes that Dollarhyde has seen the videos is one of the best ever. No one can take the place of the great Anthony Hopkins, but Brian Cox does a great job as Lecter. I read the book Red Dragon quite a few years ago so I knew that the ending in Manhunter was not true to the book, but it was still terrific, especially with the use of "In-a-gadda-da vida" in the scene.
One isuue I would like to talk about is the next-to-last scene in which Graham (Pederson) goes to the house of the would-be victims and tells them that they would have been next. Many people thought this scene was unnecesssary (why tell them anything at all?) I think the reason it was put in was to make the audience think for a split second that Graham went there to kill them. Remember that the reason they brought him in was because he could get into the mind of a serial killer.
William Peterson is highly under-rated!!.......2007-03-28
If you think, as I did, that Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal was over-the-top, and a caricature of a serial killer, then you too will LOVE "Manhunter." This film's Hannibal was so subtle that the actor probably gave ppl the creeps on the subway for years. He is also under-rated...I'm sure you film geeks know his name...
Just see it, and see how much BETTER (not "nearly as good," as the descr states) it is than "Silence." And DO NOT EVER spend any money supporting the remake, which is such a joke that I am still laughing...
That's my short version.
They don't make em' like this anymore........2007-03-28
I am one of those people who typically leans towards the original version of a movie. To put it nicely, I hate remakes. Well, the same applies to this great movie. "Red Dragon" isn't even close to being as good as "Manhunter". To me, "Manhunter" is a contemporary classic in the truest sense. Michael Mann can do no wrong, and certainly hits the nail on the head with this flick.
Now, this movie is 20+ years old, but ages perfectly. I will even go as far as to say I like this movie more than SOTL. That doesn't mean it's a better movie, just more favorable to me. "Manhunter" really is creapy, more than SOTL.
The music is perfectly scary, the way Mann directed the cameras to cue when "Graham" flicks on the light of the bedroom of the first murder scene we see is so shocking. And really, this movie is probably the first of it's kind in regards to showing forensics, criminal profiling, and in-depth FBI usage.
Another cool thing Mann does is when he uses the quick camera movements. I can't describe it really, but for example when "Graham" is slaying the dragon so to speak at the end, you see several of these quick camera movements. It's really interesting style and works great.
This movie also gives us the introduction to one of the most diabolical villians in the history of cinema, Dr. Hannibal Lector. Not played this time by Anthony Hopkins, but brilliantly by Brian Cox. Cox does a wonderful job. Maybe not as good as Hopkins in SOTL, but better than Hopkins in "Hannibal" or "Red Dragon".
Most people are disappointed to know that Lector is already in jail in this one, but that makes his character even more mysterious. All you know is that Special Agent Will Graham caught him and sort of how he caught him. That formula worked well with "Manhunter" and SOTL. But when he escaped and was on the lose, the movies sunk tremendously ("Hannibal" and "Red Dragon").
I highly recommend this movie. If you liked the SOTL series or "Miami Vice" or "Thief" or any other Michael Mann stuff, you will absolutely love "Manhunter". It will not disappoint. It really is a brilliant movie.
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2.......2007-03-06
Francis Dollarhyde has to be one of the more disturbing and chilling villains in modern day literature and cinema. Abused and damaged as a child to a point where only a series of rudimentary, barely functioning social masks takes the place of a whole man, Dollarhyde hides the savage pathology of a serial killer who annihilates entire families to fuel his twisted desire and impossible longing.
Although "Manhunter" is less true to Thomas Harris' book "Red Dragon," and the 2002 film version with the same name, I found it to be a vastly superior film. Despite its retro `80's fashion and the distinctive pastels and sun-drenched look of Michael Mann's work during his Miami Vice television series days, you will find a film that cuts through the meat, slicing through the bone and exposing the marrow. Tom Noonan's performance has to be one of the most haunting and pitiable on celluloid. Noonan delivers the tortured, damaged and ultimately unsalvageable soul of Francis Dollarhyde in a way that even Harris' book didn't convey. He is a howling soul in Hell--a grotesque who is driven by his delusions.
William Peterson is Will Graham, a former FBI profiler, who retired after a near death encounter in apprehending the notorious and now incarcerated Hannibal Lector (played by a wonderfully sinister and reptilian Brian Cox). When Graham's former handler, Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina), asks him to help him profile the murderer, Graham visits Lector in his jail cell, to recover the mind-set necessary to track the killer. In doing so, Graham incurs Lector's wrath and his collusion with the very killer Graham is pursuing, bringing him far closer to the case than he anticipated.
Joan Allen absolutely shines as Reba McClane, the blind girl who has the misfortune to be attracted to Francis Dollarhyde and who unwittingly serves as Dollarhyde's last connection to his vanishing humanity. Early on in their relationship, Dollarhyde takes Reba to a veterinarian who is set to cap a sedated tiger's tooth. Watching Reba's facial expressions as she ran her hands along the tiger's fur and listened to the beating of its heart, with tears streaming down her face, was almost painful. Dollarhyde watches her from a corner in the room and seems to experience something akin to an emotional release from her experience. It is one of the strangest and most erotically charged scenes I've ever seen in a film.
When I first saw this film in its theatrical release, I remember thinking, "Thanks a lot, Michael Mann, you've totally ruined Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda De Vida for me. Now I'm never going to be able to hear this great song from my youth without feeling vaguely frightened." Even so, the sound track for the film contains some of the most eerily beautiful music from `80's groups like Red 7, Prime Movers and Shriekback, which Mann has integrated flawlessly into the film.
"Manhunter" might annoy some viewers who remember only too well the big hair and bad fashion of the 1980's. However, if you can manage to put these aside, I think you will find an often overlooked and intense gem of a thriller.
Go ahead and buy the full screen edition.......2007-02-20
I have seen the "director's cut" and the theatrical release. I strongly recommend this DVD (I own it). It is the theatrical release and, quite frankly, Michael Mann's original editing instincts were on target. The "director's cut" really doesn't add significant impact to the film. The only detrimental thing I have to say about this DVD is that it is not widescreen. But, it's really not worth spending between $25 and $300 dollars for out-of-print director's cuts. Or, get the new 3-disc Lector set that includes this film, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Unfortunately, as with many of Mann's films - the director's cut releases reflect poor judgment by the director [Last of the Mohicans is a prime example -- ruined by Mann in re-editing. And, the theatrical release was withheld from DVD.] Invest in the theatrical cut of Manhunter while it's available.
Average customer rating:
- The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!
- William Peterson is highly under-rated!!
- They don't make em' like this anymore.
- "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2
- Go ahead and buy the full screen edition
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Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!.......2007-04-18
I bought this DVD a few years ago and I haven't had any of the problems that some of the new editions have. That said, This is a great movie in every respect. The acting is top-notch all through. I don't think that Red Dragon can stand up to this movie at all, despite its star-power. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton but William Pederson is much better. You can really feel him getting deeper and deeper into the case. The scene where he realizes that Dollarhyde has seen the videos is one of the best ever. No one can take the place of the great Anthony Hopkins, but Brian Cox does a great job as Lecter. I read the book Red Dragon quite a few years ago so I knew that the ending in Manhunter was not true to the book, but it was still terrific, especially with the use of "In-a-gadda-da vida" in the scene.
One isuue I would like to talk about is the next-to-last scene in which Graham (Pederson) goes to the house of the would-be victims and tells them that they would have been next. Many people thought this scene was unnecesssary (why tell them anything at all?) I think the reason it was put in was to make the audience think for a split second that Graham went there to kill them. Remember that the reason they brought him in was because he could get into the mind of a serial killer.
William Peterson is highly under-rated!!.......2007-03-28
If you think, as I did, that Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal was over-the-top, and a caricature of a serial killer, then you too will LOVE "Manhunter." This film's Hannibal was so subtle that the actor probably gave ppl the creeps on the subway for years. He is also under-rated...I'm sure you film geeks know his name...
Just see it, and see how much BETTER (not "nearly as good," as the descr states) it is than "Silence." And DO NOT EVER spend any money supporting the remake, which is such a joke that I am still laughing...
That's my short version.
They don't make em' like this anymore........2007-03-28
I am one of those people who typically leans towards the original version of a movie. To put it nicely, I hate remakes. Well, the same applies to this great movie. "Red Dragon" isn't even close to being as good as "Manhunter". To me, "Manhunter" is a contemporary classic in the truest sense. Michael Mann can do no wrong, and certainly hits the nail on the head with this flick.
Now, this movie is 20+ years old, but ages perfectly. I will even go as far as to say I like this movie more than SOTL. That doesn't mean it's a better movie, just more favorable to me. "Manhunter" really is creapy, more than SOTL.
The music is perfectly scary, the way Mann directed the cameras to cue when "Graham" flicks on the light of the bedroom of the first murder scene we see is so shocking. And really, this movie is probably the first of it's kind in regards to showing forensics, criminal profiling, and in-depth FBI usage.
Another cool thing Mann does is when he uses the quick camera movements. I can't describe it really, but for example when "Graham" is slaying the dragon so to speak at the end, you see several of these quick camera movements. It's really interesting style and works great.
This movie also gives us the introduction to one of the most diabolical villians in the history of cinema, Dr. Hannibal Lector. Not played this time by Anthony Hopkins, but brilliantly by Brian Cox. Cox does a wonderful job. Maybe not as good as Hopkins in SOTL, but better than Hopkins in "Hannibal" or "Red Dragon".
Most people are disappointed to know that Lector is already in jail in this one, but that makes his character even more mysterious. All you know is that Special Agent Will Graham caught him and sort of how he caught him. That formula worked well with "Manhunter" and SOTL. But when he escaped and was on the lose, the movies sunk tremendously ("Hannibal" and "Red Dragon").
I highly recommend this movie. If you liked the SOTL series or "Miami Vice" or "Thief" or any other Michael Mann stuff, you will absolutely love "Manhunter". It will not disappoint. It really is a brilliant movie.
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2.......2007-03-06
Francis Dollarhyde has to be one of the more disturbing and chilling villains in modern day literature and cinema. Abused and damaged as a child to a point where only a series of rudimentary, barely functioning social masks takes the place of a whole man, Dollarhyde hides the savage pathology of a serial killer who annihilates entire families to fuel his twisted desire and impossible longing.
Although "Manhunter" is less true to Thomas Harris' book "Red Dragon," and the 2002 film version with the same name, I found it to be a vastly superior film. Despite its retro `80's fashion and the distinctive pastels and sun-drenched look of Michael Mann's work during his Miami Vice television series days, you will find a film that cuts through the meat, slicing through the bone and exposing the marrow. Tom Noonan's performance has to be one of the most haunting and pitiable on celluloid. Noonan delivers the tortured, damaged and ultimately unsalvageable soul of Francis Dollarhyde in a way that even Harris' book didn't convey. He is a howling soul in Hell--a grotesque who is driven by his delusions.
William Peterson is Will Graham, a former FBI profiler, who retired after a near death encounter in apprehending the notorious and now incarcerated Hannibal Lector (played by a wonderfully sinister and reptilian Brian Cox). When Graham's former handler, Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina), asks him to help him profile the murderer, Graham visits Lector in his jail cell, to recover the mind-set necessary to track the killer. In doing so, Graham incurs Lector's wrath and his collusion with the very killer Graham is pursuing, bringing him far closer to the case than he anticipated.
Joan Allen absolutely shines as Reba McClane, the blind girl who has the misfortune to be attracted to Francis Dollarhyde and who unwittingly serves as Dollarhyde's last connection to his vanishing humanity. Early on in their relationship, Dollarhyde takes Reba to a veterinarian who is set to cap a sedated tiger's tooth. Watching Reba's facial expressions as she ran her hands along the tiger's fur and listened to the beating of its heart, with tears streaming down her face, was almost painful. Dollarhyde watches her from a corner in the room and seems to experience something akin to an emotional release from her experience. It is one of the strangest and most erotically charged scenes I've ever seen in a film.
When I first saw this film in its theatrical release, I remember thinking, "Thanks a lot, Michael Mann, you've totally ruined Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda De Vida for me. Now I'm never going to be able to hear this great song from my youth without feeling vaguely frightened." Even so, the sound track for the film contains some of the most eerily beautiful music from `80's groups like Red 7, Prime Movers and Shriekback, which Mann has integrated flawlessly into the film.
"Manhunter" might annoy some viewers who remember only too well the big hair and bad fashion of the 1980's. However, if you can manage to put these aside, I think you will find an often overlooked and intense gem of a thriller.
Go ahead and buy the full screen edition.......2007-02-20
I have seen the "director's cut" and the theatrical release. I strongly recommend this DVD (I own it). It is the theatrical release and, quite frankly, Michael Mann's original editing instincts were on target. The "director's cut" really doesn't add significant impact to the film. The only detrimental thing I have to say about this DVD is that it is not widescreen. But, it's really not worth spending between $25 and $300 dollars for out-of-print director's cuts. Or, get the new 3-disc Lector set that includes this film, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Unfortunately, as with many of Mann's films - the director's cut releases reflect poor judgment by the director [Last of the Mohicans is a prime example -- ruined by Mann in re-editing. And, the theatrical release was withheld from DVD.] Invest in the theatrical cut of Manhunter while it's available.
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- The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!
- William Peterson is highly under-rated!!
- They don't make em' like this anymore.
- "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2
- Go ahead and buy the full screen edition
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Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews:
The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!.......2007-04-18
I bought this DVD a few years ago and I haven't had any of the problems that some of the new editions have. That said, This is a great movie in every respect. The acting is top-notch all through. I don't think that Red Dragon can stand up to this movie at all, despite its star-power. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton but William Pederson is much better. You can really feel him getting deeper and deeper into the case. The scene where he realizes that Dollarhyde has seen the videos is one of the best ever. No one can take the place of the great Anthony Hopkins, but Brian Cox does a great job as Lecter. I read the book Red Dragon quite a few years ago so I knew that the ending in Manhunter was not true to the book, but it was still terrific, especially with the use of "In-a-gadda-da vida" in the scene.
One isuue I would like to talk about is the next-to-last scene in which Graham (Pederson) goes to the house of the would-be victims and tells them that they would have been next. Many people thought this scene was unnecesssary (why tell them anything at all?) I think the reason it was put in was to make the audience think for a split second that Graham went there to kill them. Remember that the reason they brought him in was because he could get into the mind of a serial killer.
William Peterson is highly under-rated!!.......2007-03-28
If you think, as I did, that Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal was over-the-top, and a caricature of a serial killer, then you too will LOVE "Manhunter." This film's Hannibal was so subtle that the actor probably gave ppl the creeps on the subway for years. He is also under-rated...I'm sure you film geeks know his name...
Just see it, and see how much BETTER (not "nearly as good," as the descr states) it is than "Silence." And DO NOT EVER spend any money supporting the remake, which is such a joke that I am still laughing...
That's my short version.
They don't make em' like this anymore........2007-03-28
I am one of those people who typically leans towards the original version of a movie. To put it nicely, I hate remakes. Well, the same applies to this great movie. "Red Dragon" isn't even close to being as good as "Manhunter". To me, "Manhunter" is a contemporary classic in the truest sense. Michael Mann can do no wrong, and certainly hits the nail on the head with this flick.
Now, this movie is 20+ years old, but ages perfectly. I will even go as far as to say I like this movie more than SOTL. That doesn't mean it's a better movie, just more favorable to me. "Manhunter" really is creapy, more than SOTL.
The music is perfectly scary, the way Mann directed the cameras to cue when "Graham" flicks on the light of the bedroom of the first murder scene we see is so shocking. And really, this movie is probably the first of it's kind in regards to showing forensics, criminal profiling, and in-depth FBI usage.
Another cool thing Mann does is when he uses the quick camera movements. I can't describe it really, but for example when "Graham" is slaying the dragon so to speak at the end, you see several of these quick camera movements. It's really interesting style and works great.
This movie also gives us the introduction to one of the most diabolical villians in the history of cinema, Dr. Hannibal Lector. Not played this time by Anthony Hopkins, but brilliantly by Brian Cox. Cox does a wonderful job. Maybe not as good as Hopkins in SOTL, but better than Hopkins in "Hannibal" or "Red Dragon".
Most people are disappointed to know that Lector is already in jail in this one, but that makes his character even more mysterious. All you know is that Special Agent Will Graham caught him and sort of how he caught him. That formula worked well with "Manhunter" and SOTL. But when he escaped and was on the lose, the movies sunk tremendously ("Hannibal" and "Red Dragon").
I highly recommend this movie. If you liked the SOTL series or "Miami Vice" or "Thief" or any other Michael Mann stuff, you will absolutely love "Manhunter". It will not disappoint. It really is a brilliant movie.
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2.......2007-03-06
Francis Dollarhyde has to be one of the more disturbing and chilling villains in modern day literature and cinema. Abused and damaged as a child to a point where only a series of rudimentary, barely functioning social masks takes the place of a whole man, Dollarhyde hides the savage pathology of a serial killer who annihilates entire families to fuel his twisted desire and impossible longing.
Although "Manhunter" is less true to Thomas Harris' book "Red Dragon," and the 2002 film version with the same name, I found it to be a vastly superior film. Despite its retro `80's fashion and the distinctive pastels and sun-drenched look of Michael Mann's work during his Miami Vice television series days, you will find a film that cuts through the meat, slicing through the bone and exposing the marrow. Tom Noonan's performance has to be one of the most haunting and pitiable on celluloid. Noonan delivers the tortured, damaged and ultimately unsalvageable soul of Francis Dollarhyde in a way that even Harris' book didn't convey. He is a howling soul in Hell--a grotesque who is driven by his delusions.
William Peterson is Will Graham, a former FBI profiler, who retired after a near death encounter in apprehending the notorious and now incarcerated Hannibal Lector (played by a wonderfully sinister and reptilian Brian Cox). When Graham's former handler, Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina), asks him to help him profile the murderer, Graham visits Lector in his jail cell, to recover the mind-set necessary to track the killer. In doing so, Graham incurs Lector's wrath and his collusion with the very killer Graham is pursuing, bringing him far closer to the case than he anticipated.
Joan Allen absolutely shines as Reba McClane, the blind girl who has the misfortune to be attracted to Francis Dollarhyde and who unwittingly serves as Dollarhyde's last connection to his vanishing humanity. Early on in their relationship, Dollarhyde takes Reba to a veterinarian who is set to cap a sedated tiger's tooth. Watching Reba's facial expressions as she ran her hands along the tiger's fur and listened to the beating of its heart, with tears streaming down her face, was almost painful. Dollarhyde watches her from a corner in the room and seems to experience something akin to an emotional release from her experience. It is one of the strangest and most erotically charged scenes I've ever seen in a film.
When I first saw this film in its theatrical release, I remember thinking, "Thanks a lot, Michael Mann, you've totally ruined Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda De Vida for me. Now I'm never going to be able to hear this great song from my youth without feeling vaguely frightened." Even so, the sound track for the film contains some of the most eerily beautiful music from `80's groups like Red 7, Prime Movers and Shriekback, which Mann has integrated flawlessly into the film.
"Manhunter" might annoy some viewers who remember only too well the big hair and bad fashion of the 1980's. However, if you can manage to put these aside, I think you will find an often overlooked and intense gem of a thriller.
Go ahead and buy the full screen edition.......2007-02-20
I have seen the "director's cut" and the theatrical release. I strongly recommend this DVD (I own it). It is the theatrical release and, quite frankly, Michael Mann's original editing instincts were on target. The "director's cut" really doesn't add significant impact to the film. The only detrimental thing I have to say about this DVD is that it is not widescreen. But, it's really not worth spending between $25 and $300 dollars for out-of-print director's cuts. Or, get the new 3-disc Lector set that includes this film, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Unfortunately, as with many of Mann's films - the director's cut releases reflect poor judgment by the director [Last of the Mohicans is a prime example -- ruined by Mann in re-editing. And, the theatrical release was withheld from DVD.] Invest in the theatrical cut of Manhunter while it's available.
Average customer rating:
- The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!
- William Peterson is highly under-rated!!
- They don't make em' like this anymore.
- "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2
- Go ahead and buy the full screen edition
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Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
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Customer Reviews:
The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!.......2007-04-18
I bought this DVD a few years ago and I haven't had any of the problems that some of the new editions have. That said, This is a great movie in every respect. The acting is top-notch all through. I don't think that Red Dragon can stand up to this movie at all, despite its star-power. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton but William Pederson is much better. You can really feel him getting deeper and deeper into the case. The scene where he realizes that Dollarhyde has seen the videos is one of the best ever. No one can take the place of the great Anthony Hopkins, but Brian Cox does a great job as Lecter. I read the book Red Dragon quite a few years ago so I knew that the ending in Manhunter was not true to the book, but it was still terrific, especially with the use of "In-a-gadda-da vida" in the scene.
One isuue I would like to talk about is the next-to-last scene in which Graham (Pederson) goes to the house of the would-be victims and tells them that they would have been next. Many people thought this scene was unnecesssary (why tell them anything at all?) I think the reason it was put in was to make the audience think for a split second that Graham went there to kill them. Remember that the reason they brought him in was because he could get into the mind of a serial killer.
William Peterson is highly under-rated!!.......2007-03-28
If you think, as I did, that Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal was over-the-top, and a caricature of a serial killer, then you too will LOVE "Manhunter." This film's Hannibal was so subtle that the actor probably gave ppl the creeps on the subway for years. He is also under-rated...I'm sure you film geeks know his name...
Just see it, and see how much BETTER (not "nearly as good," as the descr states) it is than "Silence." And DO NOT EVER spend any money supporting the remake, which is such a joke that I am still laughing...
That's my short version.
They don't make em' like this anymore........2007-03-28
I am one of those people who typically leans towards the original version of a movie. To put it nicely, I hate remakes. Well, the same applies to this great movie. "Red Dragon" isn't even close to being as good as "Manhunter". To me, "Manhunter" is a contemporary classic in the truest sense. Michael Mann can do no wrong, and certainly hits the nail on the head with this flick.
Now, this movie is 20+ years old, but ages perfectly. I will even go as far as to say I like this movie more than SOTL. That doesn't mean it's a better movie, just more favorable to me. "Manhunter" really is creapy, more than SOTL.
The music is perfectly scary, the way Mann directed the cameras to cue when "Graham" flicks on the light of the bedroom of the first murder scene we see is so shocking. And really, this movie is probably the first of it's kind in regards to showing forensics, criminal profiling, and in-depth FBI usage.
Another cool thing Mann does is when he uses the quick camera movements. I can't describe it really, but for example when "Graham" is slaying the dragon so to speak at the end, you see several of these quick camera movements. It's really interesting style and works great.
This movie also gives us the introduction to one of the most diabolical villians in the history of cinema, Dr. Hannibal Lector. Not played this time by Anthony Hopkins, but brilliantly by Brian Cox. Cox does a wonderful job. Maybe not as good as Hopkins in SOTL, but better than Hopkins in "Hannibal" or "Red Dragon".
Most people are disappointed to know that Lector is already in jail in this one, but that makes his character even more mysterious. All you know is that Special Agent Will Graham caught him and sort of how he caught him. That formula worked well with "Manhunter" and SOTL. But when he escaped and was on the lose, the movies sunk tremendously ("Hannibal" and "Red Dragon").
I highly recommend this movie. If you liked the SOTL series or "Miami Vice" or "Thief" or any other Michael Mann stuff, you will absolutely love "Manhunter". It will not disappoint. It really is a brilliant movie.
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2.......2007-03-06
Francis Dollarhyde has to be one of the more disturbing and chilling villains in modern day literature and cinema. Abused and damaged as a child to a point where only a series of rudimentary, barely functioning social masks takes the place of a whole man, Dollarhyde hides the savage pathology of a serial killer who annihilates entire families to fuel his twisted desire and impossible longing.
Although "Manhunter" is less true to Thomas Harris' book "Red Dragon," and the 2002 film version with the same name, I found it to be a vastly superior film. Despite its retro `80's fashion and the distinctive pastels and sun-drenched look of Michael Mann's work during his Miami Vice television series days, you will find a film that cuts through the meat, slicing through the bone and exposing the marrow. Tom Noonan's performance has to be one of the most haunting and pitiable on celluloid. Noonan delivers the tortured, damaged and ultimately unsalvageable soul of Francis Dollarhyde in a way that even Harris' book didn't convey. He is a howling soul in Hell--a grotesque who is driven by his delusions.
William Peterson is Will Graham, a former FBI profiler, who retired after a near death encounter in apprehending the notorious and now incarcerated Hannibal Lector (played by a wonderfully sinister and reptilian Brian Cox). When Graham's former handler, Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina), asks him to help him profile the murderer, Graham visits Lector in his jail cell, to recover the mind-set necessary to track the killer. In doing so, Graham incurs Lector's wrath and his collusion with the very killer Graham is pursuing, bringing him far closer to the case than he anticipated.
Joan Allen absolutely shines as Reba McClane, the blind girl who has the misfortune to be attracted to Francis Dollarhyde and who unwittingly serves as Dollarhyde's last connection to his vanishing humanity. Early on in their relationship, Dollarhyde takes Reba to a veterinarian who is set to cap a sedated tiger's tooth. Watching Reba's facial expressions as she ran her hands along the tiger's fur and listened to the beating of its heart, with tears streaming down her face, was almost painful. Dollarhyde watches her from a corner in the room and seems to experience something akin to an emotional release from her experience. It is one of the strangest and most erotically charged scenes I've ever seen in a film.
When I first saw this film in its theatrical release, I remember thinking, "Thanks a lot, Michael Mann, you've totally ruined Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda De Vida for me. Now I'm never going to be able to hear this great song from my youth without feeling vaguely frightened." Even so, the sound track for the film contains some of the most eerily beautiful music from `80's groups like Red 7, Prime Movers and Shriekback, which Mann has integrated flawlessly into the film.
"Manhunter" might annoy some viewers who remember only too well the big hair and bad fashion of the 1980's. However, if you can manage to put these aside, I think you will find an often overlooked and intense gem of a thriller.
Go ahead and buy the full screen edition.......2007-02-20
I have seen the "director's cut" and the theatrical release. I strongly recommend this DVD (I own it). It is the theatrical release and, quite frankly, Michael Mann's original editing instincts were on target. The "director's cut" really doesn't add significant impact to the film. The only detrimental thing I have to say about this DVD is that it is not widescreen. But, it's really not worth spending between $25 and $300 dollars for out-of-print director's cuts. Or, get the new 3-disc Lector set that includes this film, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Unfortunately, as with many of Mann's films - the director's cut releases reflect poor judgment by the director [Last of the Mohicans is a prime example -- ruined by Mann in re-editing. And, the theatrical release was withheld from DVD.] Invest in the theatrical cut of Manhunter while it's available.
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This giftset includes 14 edge-of-your-seat thrillers including: Silence of the Lambs, Misery, Fargo (Special Edition), Manhunter, Hannibal (Special Edition), Kalifornia, Eye of the Needle, House of Games, Gangster No. 1, The January Man, Malice, Perfect Strangers, Special Effects and Dead Man Walking.
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- The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!
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Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
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The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!.......2007-04-18
I bought this DVD a few years ago and I haven't had any of the problems that some of the new editions have. That said, This is a great movie in every respect. The acting is top-notch all through. I don't think that Red Dragon can stand up to this movie at all, despite its star-power. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton but William Pederson is much better. You can really feel him getting deeper and deeper into the case. The scene where he realizes that Dollarhyde has seen the videos is one of the best ever. No one can take the place of the great Anthony Hopkins, but Brian Cox does a great job as Lecter. I read the book Red Dragon quite a few years ago so I knew that the ending in Manhunter was not true to the book, but it was still terrific, especially with the use of "In-a-gadda-da vida" in the scene.
One isuue I would like to talk about is the next-to-last scene in which Graham (Pederson) goes to the house of the would-be victims and tells them that they would have been next. Many people thought this scene was unnecesssary (why tell them anything at all?) I think the reason it was put in was to make the audience think for a split second that Graham went there to kill them. Remember that the reason they brought him in was because he could get into the mind of a serial killer.
William Peterson is highly under-rated!!.......2007-03-28
If you think, as I did, that Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal was over-the-top, and a caricature of a serial killer, then you too will LOVE "Manhunter." This film's Hannibal was so subtle that the actor probably gave ppl the creeps on the subway for years. He is also under-rated...I'm sure you film geeks know his name...
Just see it, and see how much BETTER (not "nearly as good," as the descr states) it is than "Silence." And DO NOT EVER spend any money supporting the remake, which is such a joke that I am still laughing...
That's my short version.
They don't make em' like this anymore........2007-03-28
I am one of those people who typically leans towards the original version of a movie. To put it nicely, I hate remakes. Well, the same applies to this great movie. "Red Dragon" isn't even close to being as good as "Manhunter". To me, "Manhunter" is a contemporary classic in the truest sense. Michael Mann can do no wrong, and certainly hits the nail on the head with this flick.
Now, this movie is 20+ years old, but ages perfectly. I will even go as far as to say I like this movie more than SOTL. That doesn't mean it's a better movie, just more favorable to me. "Manhunter" really is creapy, more than SOTL.
The music is perfectly scary, the way Mann directed the cameras to cue when "Graham" flicks on the light of the bedroom of the first murder scene we see is so shocking. And really, this movie is probably the first of it's kind in regards to showing forensics, criminal profiling, and in-depth FBI usage.
Another cool thing Mann does is when he uses the quick camera movements. I can't describe it really, but for example when "Graham" is slaying the dragon so to speak at the end, you see several of these quick camera movements. It's really interesting style and works great.
This movie also gives us the introduction to one of the most diabolical villians in the history of cinema, Dr. Hannibal Lector. Not played this time by Anthony Hopkins, but brilliantly by Brian Cox. Cox does a wonderful job. Maybe not as good as Hopkins in SOTL, but better than Hopkins in "Hannibal" or "Red Dragon".
Most people are disappointed to know that Lector is already in jail in this one, but that makes his character even more mysterious. All you know is that Special Agent Will Graham caught him and sort of how he caught him. That formula worked well with "Manhunter" and SOTL. But when he escaped and was on the lose, the movies sunk tremendously ("Hannibal" and "Red Dragon").
I highly recommend this movie. If you liked the SOTL series or "Miami Vice" or "Thief" or any other Michael Mann stuff, you will absolutely love "Manhunter". It will not disappoint. It really is a brilliant movie.
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2.......2007-03-06
Francis Dollarhyde has to be one of the more disturbing and chilling villains in modern day literature and cinema. Abused and damaged as a child to a point where only a series of rudimentary, barely functioning social masks takes the place of a whole man, Dollarhyde hides the savage pathology of a serial killer who annihilates entire families to fuel his twisted desire and impossible longing.
Although "Manhunter" is less true to Thomas Harris' book "Red Dragon," and the 2002 film version with the same name, I found it to be a vastly superior film. Despite its retro `80's fashion and the distinctive pastels and sun-drenched look of Michael Mann's work during his Miami Vice television series days, you will find a film that cuts through the meat, slicing through the bone and exposing the marrow. Tom Noonan's performance has to be one of the most haunting and pitiable on celluloid. Noonan delivers the tortured, damaged and ultimately unsalvageable soul of Francis Dollarhyde in a way that even Harris' book didn't convey. He is a howling soul in Hell--a grotesque who is driven by his delusions.
William Peterson is Will Graham, a former FBI profiler, who retired after a near death encounter in apprehending the notorious and now incarcerated Hannibal Lector (played by a wonderfully sinister and reptilian Brian Cox). When Graham's former handler, Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina), asks him to help him profile the murderer, Graham visits Lector in his jail cell, to recover the mind-set necessary to track the killer. In doing so, Graham incurs Lector's wrath and his collusion with the very killer Graham is pursuing, bringing him far closer to the case than he anticipated.
Joan Allen absolutely shines as Reba McClane, the blind girl who has the misfortune to be attracted to Francis Dollarhyde and who unwittingly serves as Dollarhyde's last connection to his vanishing humanity. Early on in their relationship, Dollarhyde takes Reba to a veterinarian who is set to cap a sedated tiger's tooth. Watching Reba's facial expressions as she ran her hands along the tiger's fur and listened to the beating of its heart, with tears streaming down her face, was almost painful. Dollarhyde watches her from a corner in the room and seems to experience something akin to an emotional release from her experience. It is one of the strangest and most erotically charged scenes I've ever seen in a film.
When I first saw this film in its theatrical release, I remember thinking, "Thanks a lot, Michael Mann, you've totally ruined Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda De Vida for me. Now I'm never going to be able to hear this great song from my youth without feeling vaguely frightened." Even so, the sound track for the film contains some of the most eerily beautiful music from `80's groups like Red 7, Prime Movers and Shriekback, which Mann has integrated flawlessly into the film.
"Manhunter" might annoy some viewers who remember only too well the big hair and bad fashion of the 1980's. However, if you can manage to put these aside, I think you will find an often overlooked and intense gem of a thriller.
Go ahead and buy the full screen edition.......2007-02-20
I have seen the "director's cut" and the theatrical release. I strongly recommend this DVD (I own it). It is the theatrical release and, quite frankly, Michael Mann's original editing instincts were on target. The "director's cut" really doesn't add significant impact to the film. The only detrimental thing I have to say about this DVD is that it is not widescreen. But, it's really not worth spending between $25 and $300 dollars for out-of-print director's cuts. Or, get the new 3-disc Lector set that includes this film, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Unfortunately, as with many of Mann's films - the director's cut releases reflect poor judgment by the director [Last of the Mohicans is a prime example -- ruined by Mann in re-editing. And, the theatrical release was withheld from DVD.] Invest in the theatrical cut of Manhunter while it's available.
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Actor Brian Cox looks back at his long career, first on television and the stage, and then in film. He also talks about his views on a potential war with Iraq and roles in the films Adaptation, 25th Hour, and X2.
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- The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!
- William Peterson is highly under-rated!!
- They don't make em' like this anymore.
- "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2
- Go ahead and buy the full screen edition
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Though it will always be remembered as the movie featuring the "other" Hannibal Lecter, Michael Mann's 1986 thriller Manhunter is nearly as good as The Silence of the Lambs, and in some respects it's arguably even better. Based on Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon, which introduced the world to the nefarious killer Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter, the film stars William Petersen (giving a suitably brooding performance) as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, who is coaxed out of semiretirement to track down a serial killer who has thwarted the authorities at every turn.
Graham's approach to the case is a perilous one. First he seeks counsel with Lecter (Brian Cox) in the latter's high-security prison cell--an encounter that is utterly horrifying in its psychological effect--and then he begins to mold his own psyche to that of the killer, with potentially devastating results. As directed by Mann (who was at the acme of his success with TV's Miami Vice), this sophisticated cat-and-mouse game never resorts to the compromise of cheap thrills. Predating Anthony Hopkins's portrayal of Lecter by four years, Cox plays the character closer to Harris's original, lower-key conception, and he's no less compelling in the role. Petersen is equally well cast, and as always Mann employs rock music to astonishing effect, using nearly all of Iron Butterfly's heavy-metal epic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" to accompany the film's heart-stopping climactic sequence. All of this makes Manhunter one of the finest films of its kind, as well as further proof that Harris's fiction is a blessing to any filmmaker brave enough to adapt it. --Jeff Shannon
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The best of the Hanibal Lecter movies!!!.......2007-04-18
I bought this DVD a few years ago and I haven't had any of the problems that some of the new editions have. That said, This is a great movie in every respect. The acting is top-notch all through. I don't think that Red Dragon can stand up to this movie at all, despite its star-power. I am a huge fan of Edward Norton but William Pederson is much better. You can really feel him getting deeper and deeper into the case. The scene where he realizes that Dollarhyde has seen the videos is one of the best ever. No one can take the place of the great Anthony Hopkins, but Brian Cox does a great job as Lecter. I read the book Red Dragon quite a few years ago so I knew that the ending in Manhunter was not true to the book, but it was still terrific, especially with the use of "In-a-gadda-da vida" in the scene.
One isuue I would like to talk about is the next-to-last scene in which Graham (Pederson) goes to the house of the would-be victims and tells them that they would have been next. Many people thought this scene was unnecesssary (why tell them anything at all?) I think the reason it was put in was to make the audience think for a split second that Graham went there to kill them. Remember that the reason they brought him in was because he could get into the mind of a serial killer.
William Peterson is highly under-rated!!.......2007-03-28
If you think, as I did, that Anthony Hopkins' Hannibal was over-the-top, and a caricature of a serial killer, then you too will LOVE "Manhunter." This film's Hannibal was so subtle that the actor probably gave ppl the creeps on the subway for years. He is also under-rated...I'm sure you film geeks know his name...
Just see it, and see how much BETTER (not "nearly as good," as the descr states) it is than "Silence." And DO NOT EVER spend any money supporting the remake, which is such a joke that I am still laughing...
That's my short version.
They don't make em' like this anymore........2007-03-28
I am one of those people who typically leans towards the original version of a movie. To put it nicely, I hate remakes. Well, the same applies to this great movie. "Red Dragon" isn't even close to being as good as "Manhunter". To me, "Manhunter" is a contemporary classic in the truest sense. Michael Mann can do no wrong, and certainly hits the nail on the head with this flick.
Now, this movie is 20+ years old, but ages perfectly. I will even go as far as to say I like this movie more than SOTL. That doesn't mean it's a better movie, just more favorable to me. "Manhunter" really is creapy, more than SOTL.
The music is perfectly scary, the way Mann directed the cameras to cue when "Graham" flicks on the light of the bedroom of the first murder scene we see is so shocking. And really, this movie is probably the first of it's kind in regards to showing forensics, criminal profiling, and in-depth FBI usage.
Another cool thing Mann does is when he uses the quick camera movements. I can't describe it really, but for example when "Graham" is slaying the dragon so to speak at the end, you see several of these quick camera movements. It's really interesting style and works great.
This movie also gives us the introduction to one of the most diabolical villians in the history of cinema, Dr. Hannibal Lector. Not played this time by Anthony Hopkins, but brilliantly by Brian Cox. Cox does a wonderful job. Maybe not as good as Hopkins in SOTL, but better than Hopkins in "Hannibal" or "Red Dragon".
Most people are disappointed to know that Lector is already in jail in this one, but that makes his character even more mysterious. All you know is that Special Agent Will Graham caught him and sort of how he caught him. That formula worked well with "Manhunter" and SOTL. But when he escaped and was on the lose, the movies sunk tremendously ("Hannibal" and "Red Dragon").
I highly recommend this movie. If you liked the SOTL series or "Miami Vice" or "Thief" or any other Michael Mann stuff, you will absolutely love "Manhunter". It will not disappoint. It really is a brilliant movie.
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity." "But I know none, and therefore I am no beast." Richard III, Act 1, Scene 2.......2007-03-06
Francis Dollarhyde has to be one of the more disturbing and chilling villains in modern day literature and cinema. Abused and damaged as a child to a point where only a series of rudimentary, barely functioning social masks takes the place of a whole man, Dollarhyde hides the savage pathology of a serial killer who annihilates entire families to fuel his twisted desire and impossible longing.
Although "Manhunter" is less true to Thomas Harris' book "Red Dragon," and the 2002 film version with the same name, I found it to be a vastly superior film. Despite its retro `80's fashion and the distinctive pastels and sun-drenched look of Michael Mann's work during his Miami Vice television series days, you will find a film that cuts through the meat, slicing through the bone and exposing the marrow. Tom Noonan's performance has to be one of the most haunting and pitiable on celluloid. Noonan delivers the tortured, damaged and ultimately unsalvageable soul of Francis Dollarhyde in a way that even Harris' book didn't convey. He is a howling soul in Hell--a grotesque who is driven by his delusions.
William Peterson is Will Graham, a former FBI profiler, who retired after a near death encounter in apprehending the notorious and now incarcerated Hannibal Lector (played by a wonderfully sinister and reptilian Brian Cox). When Graham's former handler, Jack Crawford (Dennis Farina), asks him to help him profile the murderer, Graham visits Lector in his jail cell, to recover the mind-set necessary to track the killer. In doing so, Graham incurs Lector's wrath and his collusion with the very killer Graham is pursuing, bringing him far closer to the case than he anticipated.
Joan Allen absolutely shines as Reba McClane, the blind girl who has the misfortune to be attracted to Francis Dollarhyde and who unwittingly serves as Dollarhyde's last connection to his vanishing humanity. Early on in their relationship, Dollarhyde takes Reba to a veterinarian who is set to cap a sedated tiger's tooth. Watching Reba's facial expressions as she ran her hands along the tiger's fur and listened to the beating of its heart, with tears streaming down her face, was almost painful. Dollarhyde watches her from a corner in the room and seems to experience something akin to an emotional release from her experience. It is one of the strangest and most erotically charged scenes I've ever seen in a film.
When I first saw this film in its theatrical release, I remember thinking, "Thanks a lot, Michael Mann, you've totally ruined Iron Butterfly's Inna Gadda De Vida for me. Now I'm never going to be able to hear this great song from my youth without feeling vaguely frightened." Even so, the sound track for the film contains some of the most eerily beautiful music from `80's groups like Red 7, Prime Movers and Shriekback, which Mann has integrated flawlessly into the film.
"Manhunter" might annoy some viewers who remember only too well the big hair and bad fashion of the 1980's. However, if you can manage to put these aside, I think you will find an often overlooked and intense gem of a thriller.
Go ahead and buy the full screen edition.......2007-02-20
I have seen the "director's cut" and the theatrical release. I strongly recommend this DVD (I own it). It is the theatrical release and, quite frankly, Michael Mann's original editing instincts were on target. The "director's cut" really doesn't add significant impact to the film. The only detrimental thing I have to say about this DVD is that it is not widescreen. But, it's really not worth spending between $25 and $300 dollars for out-of-print director's cuts. Or, get the new 3-disc Lector set that includes this film, Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Unfortunately, as with many of Mann's films - the director's cut releases reflect poor judgment by the director [Last of the Mohicans is a prime example -- ruined by Mann in re-editing. And, the theatrical release was withheld from DVD.] Invest in the theatrical cut of Manhunter while it's available.
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The actor Brian Cox looks back at his long career, first on television and the stage, and then in film. He also talks about his views on a potential war with Iraq and roles in the films Adaptation, 25th Hour, and X2.
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