To understand the origins of evil, you must go back to the beginning. Based on Thomas Harris's 1981 bestselling novel Red Dragon, a prequel to the author's subsequent bestsellers The Silence of the Lambs (1988) and Hannibal
(1999), the screenplay by Academy Award®-winner Ted Tally lets
moviegoers meet the character of serial killer Hannibal Lecter for the
first time. The film features an all-star cast of Anthony Hopkins,
Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise
Parker, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
In this chilling drama directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, The Family Man, Money Talks),
Oscar®-nominee Edward Norton stars as ex-FBI agent Will Graham, an
expert investigator who quit the bureau after almost losing his life in
the proess of capturing the elusive Dr. Lecter, played again by Academy
Award®-winner Anthony Hopkins. Years later, after a series of
particularly grisly murders, Graham reluctantly agrees to come out of
retirement and assist in the case. But he soon realizes that the best
way to catch this killer, Francis Dolarhyde, known as the Tooth Fairy
and played by Oscar®-nominee Ralph Fiennes, is to find a way to get
inside the killer's mind. And the closest thing to that would be to
probe the mind of another killer who is equally brilliant and equally
twisted. For Graham, that means confronting his past and facing his
former nemeiss, the now-incarcerated Lecter.
The Newmarket Shooting Script® includes the complete screenplay by
Ted Tally, an introduction by Tally, additional introductions by
director Brett Ratner and producers Dino and Martha De Laurentiis, 11
b&w film stills, and the complete cast and crew credits.
