Ngosuku lokugcina lonyaka odlule, umlingisi odumile u-Anthony Hopkins waphawula usuku lokuzalwa lwe-83. Ngokuphikisana nobudala be-steamer, ama-hopkins aqhubeka nemisebenzi yokudala, kufaka phakathi kanye noJoyy Foster. Kokubili izinkanyezi zeHollywood zidlale izindima ezikhumbulekayo ku-Culture Thriller "Ukuthula kwamawundlu", okwavela kwizikrini eminyakeni engama-29 edlule.
I-Hopkins idlale i-maniac, i-cannibal kanye ne-hannibal lecturer, isikhuthazo - i-ejenti ye-FBI esencane, eyakwazi ukubala omunye umbulali we-serial ngosizo lomfundisi.
Ekuqaleni u-Anthony Hopkins wamukela "ukuthula kweWundlu" ngefilimu lezingane. Lapho kwathunyelwa kuye isimo sefilimu - kwakungu-1989 - umlingisi wafunda igama lakhe futhi wacabanga ngokukhiqizwa ohlotsheni "6+". Le filimu inomzuzwana lapho i-heroine greeman ikhumbula inganekwane yezingane. Le ndaba inganekwane isiphenduke igama le-EFFETION.
Ngemuva kokufunda amakhasi ayishumi kuphela wesimo esithi "Ukuthula kweWundlu", ama-hopkin abiza u-ejenti wakhe futhi abizwa ngokuthi iskripth okuhle kunakho konke ayekubonile. Umlingisi ubuze i-ejenti ukuthi aqinisekise ukuthi indima ye-hannibal ebekiwe ukuya eklayenti lakhe.
"Angizange ngikholelwe enhlanhleni yami, futhi ngesaba ukukhuluma nawe," kusho uHopkins Acess Omlingi uJudy wakhuthaza iminyaka engama-30 ngemuva kokusebenzisana kwabo kusethi. Wathola u-Oscar wakhe wokuqala weqhaza le-maniac-cannibal, uFoster wayenesimitho esithandekayo sendima enkulu kwifilimu "esolwa" ngo-1989.