SUBMITTED BY Movieman129

August 19, 2002 —

In their annual Fall Movie Preview, Entertainment Weekly included the latest Hannibal Lecter film Red Dragon in it. Here's a clip from the article:

A script by Ted Tally, Oscar winner for 1991's ''The Silence of the Lambs,'' helped to overcome worries that ''Red Dragon'' was a mere quick-buck proposition and proved there were themes left to explore. The screenplay pulls story lines from the novel that ''Manhunter'' eschewed, scenes that illuminate the madness of murderer Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes). The script also portrays the capture of Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) and hews close to ''Red Dragon'''s original ending. ''It's a credit to Ted's adaptation that it got [director] Brett [Ratner] excited,'' Norton says. ''And it's a credit to Brett's determination to pull together as many quality people around him as he could. He badgered a lot of people he really wanted into reading [the script].''

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