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Johnny Cat
I’m pretty sure Judy Dench’s award for her role in Shakespeare In Love had the least screen time. Not sure how many minutes she was there, but I thought it was less than 16 for sure.
And as much as I liked Gene Siskel’s personality, the guy had a skewed eye for film. The year of Pulp Fiction, he named Babe: Pig In The City as the film of the year.
Stacy
@Johnny Cat, you might be right, but I think Judi Dench won for Supporting Actress, didn’t she, as opposed to a lead role?
Geekazoid
Interesting observation about Ted Levine. I thought that his role would be the last ‘mainstream’ role for Ted in the industry. I’ve always felt that actors that really took daring, creepy, and “weird” roles to the extreme would somehow be ‘blacklisted’ in hollywood, and his character was as extreme as they come. So it’s nice to see Ted in various movie and t.v. roles and it hasn’t affected him. Years and years ago he probably wouldn’t have had many offers after such a role, but we’re a lot more ‘open’ now.
Geek's Dream Girl
Silence of the Lambs will always be my favorite movie of all time. Anthony Hopkins is brilliant, all 16 minutes of him!!
Bruce V. Bracken
How about Cate Pancetta and Julia Almond? Angelfood Jolie?
MadMolecule
When I took an “intro to cinema” course in college, in 1992, the professor mentioned a few things about how Lecter was shot. In a bunch of his most memorable scenes, he’s dead center, staring straight into the camera; you almost never see this shot in the movies, which makes it unsettling and powerful.
He also mentioned Lecter’s lack of blinks. According to the prof, whenever Hopkins did blink during a take, they’d remove those frames and replace them with the frames around them, and no one would notice. His never blinking is really unsettling once you start watching for it.
Jim R Feliciano
The trivia surrounding this movie seems neverending. Somewhere is a list of all the actors who turned down rolls in this movie. Somewhere is a list of all the “accidents” that occured during the shoot. Somewhere are the miscues, gaffes, and outtakes which would make anyone laugh. Thanks for reminding me the Academy sometimes makes good choices.
Evilbeagle
Great post! This is one of those movies that I can never get sick of.
The El Bee En
Ted Levin also starred in a TV series that was pulled after only two of the eight episodes that were filmed aired in 2000: “Wonderland.” It is being shown on Direct TV.
Geekazoid
I’m not sure, but isn’t ‘Silence’ one of the first ‘main stream’ movies to feature, umm, how should I say it, well, don’t want to get too explicit but you know the part when Clarice walks through the “dungeon” and some weirdo….
Notorious M.O.L.
My sculpture professor in college designed the mask Lecter wears when he’s strapped to the hand-truck. Kind of cool…but one of my least favorite professors ever.
Tony C
“A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.” ‘
Another Tim
I like the fact that part of it was filmed in Rural Valley, PA. I think my Grandfather was mayor of the town at the time.
That is the main reason I have this film on DVD.
purefog
Shortest screen time leading to an acting Oscar was Beatrice Straight, in Network, at 6 minutes. Dame Judi Dench clocked in at 8 minutes for her Oscar in Shakespeare in Love. So, no, Sir Anthony’s is hardly the record for short screen time.
Stacy
@purefog, I said it’s the shortest time onscreen to ever win a LEAD actor/actress statue. Both of the people you mentioned won supporting role Oscars.
t.g. pierson
The difference between Beatrice Straight and Judi Dench’s Oscar wins are that they both won in the Supporting Category. Anthony Hopkins does hold the record for shortest screen time to win in the Lead category.
Angelica
I was wondering If I could use the picture you have og The Silence of the Lambs for my school newspaper. I would really appreciate it. thank you.
Samantha
Don’t you think it’s pushing it to put Rebecca in the “horror” category?
Errol
Actually Anthony Hopkins’ performance is not the shortest to have won an Oscar for acting in the lead category. That honor goes to David Niven in “Separate Tables” (1958) with 15 minutes and 38 seconds of screen time. Hopkins’ screen time in “Silence of the Lambs” is just over 16 minutes.
