The Silence of the Lambs is a full-course Oscar meal. What we mean is that as of 2015, it's one of only three films to sweep the five major Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Director (Jonathan Demme), Best Screenplay (Ted Tally), Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), and Best Actress (Jodie Foster). The only other two films are It Happened One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. (Source)

Brooke Smith, who plays Catherine Martin, had never acted before this movie. Jonathan Demme chose Smith to rub the lotion on her skin because he wanted an unknown performer to "dramatically honor people who have been confined." She also put on 25 pounds for the role. (Source)

No one in The Silence of the Lambs found themselves walking in Memphis. The Shelby County Courthouse was actually part of a military museum on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, many many miles from Beale Street. (Source)

Like moths to a movie poster, movie fans love The Silence of the Lambs cover artwork for the poster. There's a hidden secret in it which some may have missed: the skull on the back of the moth is actually copied from a Salvador Dali artwork of naked women in the shape of a skull, adding even more depth to the movie's most prominent symbol. (Source)

When Anthony Hopkins first heard the title The Silence of the Lambs he thought "it was a movie for kids." Goriest Little Golden Book ever? (Source)

Anthony Heald played another sleazy, pompous psychiatrist in the 1996 film A Time to Kill. This time, he's outed as a paid shill for the prosecution who's never found anyone not guilty by reason of insanity. (Source)