Hannibal Rising [Unrated] [WS]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Curious filmgoers looking to get better acquainted with the silver screen's most notorious cannibalistic serial killer are sure to get their fair share of shocks and thrills as director Peter Webber teams with author Thomas Harris to explore the early life of well-read psychopath Hannibal Lecter. Based on author Harris' gruesome novel of the same name, Hannibal Rising travels back in time to World War II-era Lithuania, where an impressionable, well-to-do young boy named Hannibal (Gaspard Ulliel) was forced to watch helplessly as his family was massacred and his young sister suffered a terrifying fate at the hands of desperate, famished soldiers. After seeking temporary shelter at the Soviet orphanage that was once his family's home, Hannibal later flees to Paris in search of his long-lost uncle. Though his uncle has passed away, his uncle's beautiful Japanese widow, Lady Murasaki (Gong Li), warmly accepts the frightened orphan into her home. But even the love and kindness of this generous stranger isn't enough to calm the raging storm that is brewing inside this troubled young boy. Plagued by nightmares and determined to seek vengeance on the murderous war criminals who brutalized his family, the profoundly disturbed but academically gifted Hannibal enrolls in medical school in order to hone the skills that will allow him to exact horrific justice. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Subtitle: Spa
• Features:
  • Deleted scenes with optional commentary
  • Hannibal Lecter: The Origin of Evil
  • Commentary by director Peter Webber and producer Martha de Laurentiis
  • Designing Horror and Elegance with production designer Allan Starski
  • Theatrical and teaser trailers
  • Language: English 5.1
  • Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Gaspard Ulliel - Hannibal Lector
       Gong Li - Lady Murasaki
       Rhys Ifans - Grutas
       Kevin McKidd - Kolnas
       Dominic West - Inspector Popil
       Richard Brake - Dortlich
       Stephen Walters - Milko
       Ivan Marevich - Grentz
       Goran Kostic - Pot Watcher
       Charles Maquignon - Paul the Butcher
       Richard Leaf
       Ingeborga Dapkunaite
       Aaron Thomas
       Helena - Lia Tachovska

• Director:

  Peter Webber

• Producer:

  Dino de Laurentiis, Tarak Ben Ammar, Martha de Laurentiis, Duncan Reid, James Clayton

• Screenwriter:

  Thomas Harris

• Book Author:

  Thomas Harris

• Cinematographer:

  Ben Davis

• Composer (Music Score):

  Shigeru Umebayashi, Ilan Eshkeri

• Editor:

  Pietro Scalia, Valerio Bonelli

• Production Designer:

  Allan Starski

• Art Director:

  Nenad Pecur

• Co-producer:

  Chris Curling, Peter Moravec, Philip Robertson

• Associate Producer:

  Lorenzo De Maio

• Executive Producer:

  Duncan Reid, James Clayton

• Costume Designer:

  Anna Sheppard

• Set Decorator:

  Judy Farr

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Eddy Joseph, Oliver Tarney

• First Assistant Director:

  Martin Sebík

• Casting:

  Leo Davis

• Line Producer:

  Guy Tannahill