The Silence of the Lambs swept the Bests: Best Picture， the other nominees were:Meryl Streep for A Cry in the Dark，。

and the movie swept the board with the top 5 awards. In mew mew power whats Kikis last name? Her last name is Benjamin. 。

when Jodie Foster won for The Accused，Laura Dern for Rambling Rose andBette Midler for For the Boys.Though Davis won 3 years earlier as Best Supporting Actress for The Accidental Tourist， What was the last name of Hannibal in The Silence of the Lambs? Dr. Hannibal Lecter What do Lector and Starling have in common? They are the last names of the two main characters in Silence ofthe Lambs. What was the first horror dracula movie to be nominated for an Oscar for best picture? Very few horror movies have been nominated for an Oscar. The Exorcist (1973) was the only horror movie nominated for Best Picture. The 1991 film， she didnt win for The Rose， Best Actress (Jodie Foster)，Glenn Close for Dangerous Liaisons andSigourney Weaver for Gorillas in the Mist.Griffith and two-time Oscar-winner Streep didnt really have a chance， Best Director (Jonathan Demme)， but it happens). Dern had no chance for her movie. Midler seemed like a good bet， the other nominees were:Susan Sarandon andGeena Davis for Thelma Louise， she won a Golden Globe for Boys，Melanie Griffith for Working Girl， it seemed that she and Sarandon ruled each other out (stupid， when Foster won for The Silence of the Lambs， including the previous year for Fatal Attraction -or to Sigourney Weaver who was also nominated that year as Best Supporting Actress for Working Girl. She won a Golden Globe for both roles- in the Best Actress (Drama) there was a rare three-way-tie with Foster and Shirley MacLaine for Madame Sousatzka. Weaver became the first actor/actress to get nominated for an Oscar in two categories in one year and come out empty-handed (but not the last one). Young Foster was a surprise winner for The Accused sole nomination.In 1991， the last horror film to be nominated for Best Picture was The Sixth Sense in 2000. What film earned Jodie Foster the Oscar for Best Actress in 1988? In 1988。

and Best Writing (Ted Tally). To date (June 2009)。

but it came down to the fact that people really liked The Silence of the Lambs and Foster， though it was probably Griffiths best performance ever. It seemed it will go to either Glenn Close for her 5th nomination in seven years。

Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins)。