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CAST · THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

Faces & feelings

Per-character screen time, dialogue and emotion breakdown — derived from face recognition + expression classifier across every frame.

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Faces detected

17,305

across full runtime

Named matches

13

actors identified

Close-up shots

42.4%

of all framed shots

Smile rate

7.3%

frames with detected joy

Gender split

55%

45%

M / F · screen-time weighted

Dominant emotion

Neutral 37%

film-wide aggregate

Most expressive

Kasi Lemmons

77% non-neutral

Lead screen share

56%

13 tracked characters

Overall emotion distribution

7 emotions · all characters · screen-time weighted

Happy

7.3%

1,264 frames

Surprise

3.0%

524 frames

Neutral

37.1%

6,425 frames

Fear

19.7%

3,407 frames

Sad

12.2%

2,116 frames

Angry

13.8%

2,382 frames

Disgust

6.9%

1,187 frames

Screen time by actor

13 named · 55m tracked of 118.5m

01

Jodie Foster

as Clarice Starling · 4410 scenes

30.7min · 56% of cast

neutral

02

Anthony Hopkins

as Dr. Hannibal Lecter · 1570 scenes

10.9min · 20% of cast

disgust

03

Scott Glenn

as Jack Crawford · 437 scenes

3.0min · 6% of cast

angry

04

Anthony Heald

as Dr. Frederick Chilton · 393 scenes

2.7min · 5% of cast

neutral

05

Kasi Lemmons

as Ardelia Mapp · 208 scenes

1.4min · 3% of cast

sad

06

Diane Baker

as Senator Ruth Martin · 158 scenes

1.1min · 2% of cast

sad

07

Ted Levine

as Jame Gumb · 148 scenes

1.0min · 2% of cast

sad

08

Brooke Smith

as Catherine Martin · 145 scenes

1.0min · 2% of cast

fear

09

Charles Napier

as Lt. Boyle · 123 scenes

0.9min · 2% of cast

angry

10

Frankie Faison

as Barney · 89 scenes

0.6min · 1% of cast

neutral

11

Paul Lazar

as Pilcher · 85 scenes

0.6min · 1% of cast

sad

12

Dan Butler

as Roden · 79 scenes

0.6min · 1% of cast

angry

13

Tracey Walter

as Lamar · 72 scenes

0.5min · 1% of cast

sad

Dialogue by character

words spoken · WPM · share of total dialogue

NOTE — speaker matching uses face-detection overlap; actors not recognized by the AI appear as unidentified.

Actor / Character	Words spoken	WPM	% of dialogue
Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling	2,413	186.8	32.8%
Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal Lecter	1,808	188.6	24.6%
Scott Glenn as Jack Crawford	991	228.5	13.5%
Anthony Heald as Dr. Frederick Chilton	574	182.7	7.8%
Kasi Lemmons as Ardelia Mapp	290	212.7	3.9%
Ted Levine as Jame Gumb	264	241.8	3.6%
Tracey Walter as Lamar	217	152.8	3.0%
Unidentified speakers	213	—	2.9%
Paul Lazar as Pilcher	171	216.3	2.3%
Diane Baker as Senator Ruth Martin	135	177.2	1.8%
Brooke Smith as Catherine Martin	132	54.8	1.8%
Charles Napier as Lt. Boyle	94	247.2	1.3%
Frankie Faison as Barney	51	261.1	0.7%

Cast profiles

arc · volatility · emotion breakdown per actor

CS

Jodie Foster

AS CLARICE STARLING

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

30m 40s

Scenes

4410

First seen

1:33

Last seen

112:51

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

10%

Happy

2%

Surprise

37%

Neutral

12%

Fear

19%

Sad

11%

Angry

9%

Disgust

DH

Anthony Hopkins

AS DR. HANNIBAL LECTER

● Dominant: disgust

Screen time

10m 55s

Scenes

1570

First seen

12:27

Last seen

112:39

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

21%

Happy

2%

Surprise

2%

Neutral

15%

Fear

12%

Sad

18%

Angry

30%

Disgust

JC

Scott Glenn

AS JACK CRAWFORD

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

3m 02s

Scenes

437

First seen

5:43

Last seen

111:56

Volatility

42 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

3%

Happy

1%

Surprise

13%

Neutral

6%

Fear

4%

Sad

63%

Angry

11%

Disgust

DF

Anthony Heald

AS DR. FREDERICK CHILTON

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

2m 44s

Scenes

393

First seen

8:19

Last seen

112:57

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

7%

Happy

10%

Surprise

30%

Neutral

5%

Fear

14%

Sad

28%

Angry

5%

Disgust

AM

Kasi Lemmons

AS ARDELIA MAPP

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 27s

Scenes

208

First seen

3:49

Last seen

111:30

Volatility

46 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

9%

Happy

1%

Surprise

23%

Neutral

18%

Fear

37%

Sad

6%

Angry

7%

Disgust

SR

Diane Baker

AS SENATOR RUTH MARTIN

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 06s

Scenes

158

First seen

50:42

Last seen

64:46

Volatility

33 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

1%

Happy

1%

Surprise

8%

Neutral

0%

Fear

49%

Sad

16%

Angry

26%

Disgust

JG

Ted Levine

AS JAME GUMB

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

1m 02s

Scenes

148

First seen

33:23

Last seen

102:60

Volatility

39 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

3%

Happy

1%

Surprise

6%

Neutral

12%

Fear

37%

Sad

22%

Angry

20%

Disgust

CM

Brooke Smith

AS CATHERINE MARTIN

● Dominant: fear

Screen time

1m 01s

Scenes

145

First seen

31:47

Last seen

98:45

Volatility

38 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

2%

Happy

8%

Surprise

6%

Neutral

42%

Fear

35%

Sad

1%

Angry

6%

Disgust

LB

Charles Napier

AS LT. BOYLE

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 52s

Scenes

123

First seen

61:42

Last seen

77:16

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

1%

Happy

3%

Surprise

9%

Neutral

2%

Fear

4%

Sad

70%

Angry

11%

Disgust

B

Frankie Faison

AS BARNEY

● Dominant: neutral

Screen time

0m 37s

Scenes

89

First seen

10:29

Last seen

59:55

Volatility

32 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

10%

Happy

7%

Surprise

42%

Neutral

10%

Fear

12%

Sad

17%

Angry

2%

Disgust

P

Paul Lazar

AS PILCHER

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 35s

Scenes

85

First seen

47:20

Last seen

111:26

Volatility

37 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

18%

Happy

5%

Surprise

8%

Neutral

4%

Fear

35%

Sad

9%

Angry

21%

Disgust

R

Dan Butler

AS RODEN

● Dominant: angry

Screen time

0m 33s

Scenes

79

First seen

47:16

Last seen

111:30

Volatility

29 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

10%

Happy

6%

Surprise

5%

Neutral

13%

Fear

0%

Sad

48%

Angry

18%

Disgust

L

Tracey Walter

AS LAMAR

● Dominant: sad

Screen time

0m 30s

Scenes

72

First seen

40:17

Last seen

46:04

Volatility

35 Med

Emotional arc — 30 segments~4m per bucket

00:0029m59m88m118.5m

0%

Happy

0%

Surprise

33%

Neutral

1%

Fear

35%

Sad

25%

Angry

6%

Disgust

Speaker diarization

talk-time · turns · pacing per speaker

Talk-time share · 16 clusterssums to 100.0% of all dialogue

Foster 32.9%

Hopkins 24.4%

Glenn 11.0%

Heald 8.0%

First-word entry · per speakerdot = first line · trail = on-screen window · 10 ensemble

0:0029:3859:1588:53118:30

runtime

SPEAKER 33

4:41enter

Scott Glenn

5:44enter

Jodie Foster

5:46enter

Anthony Heald

8:15enter

Frankie Faison

11:16enter

Anthony Hopkins

12:39enter

Kasi Lemmons

20:15enter

SPEAKER 31

20:56enter

SPEAKER 12

22:42enter

Brooke Smith

32:42enter

Ted Levine

33:26enter

Paul Lazar

47:04enter

Diane Baker

50:38enter

Charles Napier

61:35enter

Tracey Walter

65:14enter

SPEAKER 01

81:43enter

Jodie FosterSPEAKER 27

Rapid exchange

32.9%

of all dialogue · 2,413 words · 12:55 spoken

WPM186.8

Turns566

Avg turn1.4s

Longest15.0s

enters at 5:46profanity 1

Anthony HopkinsSPEAKER 06

Rapid exchange

24.4%

of all dialogue · 1,808 words · 9:35 spoken

WPM188.6

Turns312

Avg turn1.7s

Longest14.5s

enters at 12:39profanity 3

Scott GlennSPEAKER 15

Rapid exchange

11.0%

of all dialogue · 991 words · 4:20 spoken

WPM228.5

Turns165

Avg turn1.8s

Longest18.8s

enters at 5:44profanity 1

Anthony HealdSPEAKER 10

Brief

8.0%

of all dialogue · 574 words · 3:09 spoken

WPM182.7

Turns71

Avg turn2.4s

Longest14.2s

enters at 8:15profanity 1

Kasi LemmonsSPEAKER 38

Brief

3.5%

of all dialogue · 290 words · 1:22 spoken

WPM212.7

Turns48

Avg turn1.9s

Longest42.6s

enters at 20:15profanity 1

Ted LevineSPEAKER 18

Brief

2.8%

of all dialogue · 264 words · 1:06 spoken

WPM241.8

Turns65

Avg turn1.4s

Longest5.7s

enters at 33:26profanity 0

Tracey WalterSPEAKER 13

Brief

3.6%

of all dialogue · 217 words · 1:25 spoken

WPM152.8

Turns48

Avg turn1.4s

Longest4.5s

enters at 65:14profanity 4

Paul LazarSPEAKER 28

Brief

2.0%

of all dialogue · 171 words · 0:47 spoken

WPM216.3

Turns48

Avg turn1.1s

Longest4.0s

enters at 47:04profanity 0

Diane BakerSPEAKER 35

Brief

1.9%

of all dialogue · 135 words · 0:46 spoken

WPM177.2

Turns32

Avg turn1.4s

Longest5.6s

enters at 50:38profanity 0

Brooke SmithSPEAKER 21

Conversational

6.1%

of all dialogue · 132 words · 2:25 spoken

WPM54.8

Turns131

Avg turn1.0s

Longest4.4s

enters at 32:42profanity 1

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 01 · unmatched

Brief

1.2%

of all dialogue · 115 words · 0:28 spoken

WPM244.2

Turns16

Avg turn2.3s

Longest10.8s

enters at 81:43profanity 1

Charles NapierSPEAKER 29

Brief

1.0%

of all dialogue · 94 words · 0:23 spoken

WPM247.2

Turns18

Avg turn1.5s

Longest9.5s

enters at 61:35profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 12 · unmatched

Brief

0.8%

of all dialogue · 56 words · 0:20 spoken

WPM171.3

Turns12

Avg turn1.8s

Longest4.5s

enters at 22:42profanity 0

Frankie FaisonSPEAKER 36

Brief

0.5%

of all dialogue · 51 words · 0:12 spoken

WPM261.1

Turns18

Avg turn0.9s

Longest3.0s

enters at 11:16profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 31 · unmatched

Brief

0.2%

of all dialogue · 25 words · 0:06 spoken

WPM267.9

Turns9

Avg turn1.0s

Longest2.5s

enters at 20:56profanity 0

Unknown SpeakerSPEAKER 33 · unmatched

Brief

0.1%

of all dialogue · 17 words · 0:02 spoken

WPM467.9

Turns8

Avg turn1.7s

Longest6.8s

enters at 4:41profanity 0

AGGREGATE — 13 unique characters · 17,305 faces detected · 13 named matches · 55m screen-time tracked