{"id":7787,"date":"2012-03-19T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T20:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/?p=7787"},"modified":"2012-03-26T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T20:31:26","slug":"horror-manhunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/horror-manhunter\/","title":{"rendered":"Raz\u2019s Midnight Macabre Horror Review: \u201cManhunter\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Will Graham is a former FBI criminal profiler who has retired because of a breakdown after being attacked by a cannibalistic serial killer, Dr. Hannibal Lecktor. Graham is approached at his Florida home by his former FBI superior Jack Crawford , who is seeking help with a new serial killer case. Promising his wife \u00a0that he will do nothing more than examine evidence and not risk physical harm, Graham agrees to visit the most recent crime scene in Atlanta, where he tries to enter the mindset of the killer, now dubbed the “Tooth Fairy” by the police for the bite-marks left on his victims.<\/h4>\n

It’s surprising how many people don’t know about this film, or if they have they haven’t watched it. Yes I know there’s no Anthony Hopkins but don’t let that put you off this cult film, In my eyes it is an overlooked classic.<\/h4>\n

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The film is based on Thomas Harris’s book “Red Dragon” starring\u00a0Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecktor, Cox is a brilliant actor who never really gets any credit for giving us out first look at the infamous doctor, he portrays the character so well and you can see where Hopkins got a few ideas of how to play him, honestly it’s hard\u00a0to understand why Cox didn’t carry on playing the Lecktor role.<\/h4>\n

Also Tom Noonan is amazing\u00a0in his portrayal of Dollarhyde, a stand-out performance that once again gets overlooked, same goes for\u00a0William Petersen, in-fact the entire cast are amazing to watch.<\/h4>\n

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Although the film is based on “Red Dragon” it’s not about Red Dragon, so it doesn’t follow the book too close, more of loosely based on it. You can see the foundations it builds for the series to come and it truly deserves credit for it, I’m not saying the other films would never have happened but I like to give credit where it’s due.<\/h4>\n

The film takes more of a look at the forensic science of the the crimes, which inspired many great films and TV shows such as “The X-Files”, “Se7en”, “Millennium”, “Copycat” and more. Whilst viewing this film you can see the influence it had which makes it very\u00a0intriguing to watch.<\/h4>\n

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If you haven’t seen this film yet then I urge you to! I’m sick of hearing the excuse “But Hopkins isn’t in it”, Give this film your full attention and you won’t be disappointed, if at the end you’re still thinking “It wasn’t the same without Hopkins” then stick to the easy to follow pg-13 Horrors.<\/h4>\n

Miscellaneous facts about the film:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • The film was originally going to be entitled “Red Dragon”, the same name as the novel. However, when\u00a0Year of the Dragon\u00a0became a box office failure,\u00a0Dino De Laurentiis\u00a0decided to avoid a “dragon” title.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • The prison where Hannibal Lecter is being incarcerated is the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      • Frankie Faison\u00a0(Lt. Fisk) is the only actor to appear in all four\u00a0Thomas Harris\u00a0“Hannibal” adaptations (he appears as Barney in\u00a0The Silence of the Lambs,\u00a0Hannibal\u00a0and\u00a0Red Dragon).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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        • During the filming of this movie,\u00a0Anthony Hopkins\u00a0was playing King Lear at the National Theatre. During the filming of\u00a0The Silence of the Lambs,\u00a0Brian Cox\u00a0was playing King Lear at the National Theatre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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          • In a featurette included with the DVD version of the film,\u00a0Tom Noonan\u00a0(Dollarhyde) said that he avoided all contact with cast members in order to heighten the isolation and tension between himself and other people, particularly\u00a0William Petersen\u00a0(Graham).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            • Tom Noonan\u00a0(Dollarhyde) spent many hours in make-up so that artists could paint fake tattoos on his back and torso modeled after William Blake’s “Great Red Dragon” paintings. Though Noonan appeared with the tattoos in publicity photographs (available in a Special Edition DVD), director\u00a0Michael Mann\u00a0concluded that the tattoos were too “over the top,” and discarded the idea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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              • This is the only Hannibal movie where his last name is spelled Lecktor. In all future movies, it’s spelled Dr. Hannibal Lecter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                • According to an interview with\u00a0Brian Cox, the following actors were considered for the role of Hannibal Lektor:\u00a0Brian Dennehy,\u00a0John Lithgow\u00a0and\u00a0Mandy Patinkin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                  • Brian Cox\u00a0said in the DVD interview that he based his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter on Scottish serial killer\u00a0Peter Manuel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                    • David Lynch\u00a0was the first director attached to the movie, but he eventually left the project. During this time, screenwriter\u00a0Walon Green\u00a0wrote a draft of the script and it is unknown how much of his ideas were used in the final script.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                      • In the scenes where Will Graham is interviewing Lecktor in his cell, the director\u00a0Michael Mann\u00a0took care to set up the shots so that the position of the bars of the cell do not move when the point of view switches between Graham and Lecktor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                        • Curiously enough,\u00a0Michael Mann\u00a0had initially considered fellow filmmaker\u00a0William Friedkin\u00a0for the part of Hannibal Lecktor, but when\u00a0Brian Dennehy\u00a0– also a prospective Hannibal – insisted that Mann see Scotsman\u00a0Brian Cox\u00a0in the acclaimed 1984 off-Broadway production of “Rat in the Skull, ” Mann was instantly won over by Cox’s award-winning performance. Cox’s scenes as Lecktor were shot over a three-day period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                          • When the production could not get permission to film on board a commercial airplane, Mann booked his actors and crew onto a twilight flight from Chicago to Florida where the production was relocating anyway. A stripped-down camera, lighting and sound equipment were taken on board as carry-on luggage. Pilots and flight attendants were appeased with gifts of film crew jackets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                            • Dan Butler, who plays Jimmy Price in this film, played a different role, Roden, in\u00a0The Silence of the Lambs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                              • Michael Mann’s direction to\u00a0Brian Cox\u00a0about playing Hannibal Lecktor was to play him like a British public schoolboy. Cox based his performance on his then 15-year-old son who was attending public school at the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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                                • The studio wanted Michael Mann to re-team with\u00a0Don Johnson, the star of Mann’s show\u00a0Miami Vice, but Mann wanted William Petersen who he had worked with on\u00a0Thief.\u00a0Jeff Bridges\u00a0was also discussed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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