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Events on Thursday 14 February 1991 1
1991The Silence of the Lambs ReleasedThriller sweeps the following year's Academy AwardsJonathan Demme's psychological thriller The Silence of the Lambs, starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, opened in theaters. It went on to win all five major Academy Awards, including Best Picture, one of only three films to achieve the sweep. Hannibal Lecter became one of cinema's most enduring villains.