A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer; aiding him is imprisoned criminal genius Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.
FBI Agent Will Graham has been called out of early retirement to catch a serial killer, known by authorities as "The Tooth Fairy". He asks for the help of his arch-nemesis, Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter, so that he can be able to catch "The Tooth Fairy" and bring him to justice. The only problem is that "The Tooth Fairy" is getting inside information about Graham and his family from none other than Dr. Lecter.
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Director of photography Dante Spinotti also filmed the movie
Manhunter, which was the first adaptation of the novel "Red Dragon". Director Brett Ratner, who had previously worked with Spinotti on
The Family Man, so wanted him to shoot this movie that he delayed principal photography so that Spinotti could finish shooting
Pinocchio.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
Actor Ralph Fiennes speaks with an impaired speech, mentioned as due to his character's Cleft Palette repair, but when we hear "flashbacks" to his childhood through voice over, the child voice actor portraying his character's younger self speaks without impediment.
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Quotes
Hannibal Lecter:
I'll call you if I think of anything else, would you perhaps like to leave me your home phone number? See more »
Crazy Credits
Thanks to the village of Islamorada, Florada
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"Ready Eddy"
Written by Barney Bigard Performed by Barney Bigard and His Orchestra Courtesy of The RCA Records Label, a unit of BMG Music Under license from BMG Special Products
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