# Hannibal - read or watch?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 24, 2005, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-read-or-watch/286339 "2005-01-24T01:20:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-read-or-watch/286339/41 "2005-01-25T15:51:40Z")

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No problem. I wasn’t sure of his last name.

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-read-or-watch/286339/42 "2005-01-25T16:01:00Z")

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I might be misremembering, but didn’t the DVD come with two endings? One was the ending we saw in theaters, and the other was the ending from the book?

I liked the book. Not as much as Red Dragon and Silence though.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-read-or-watch/286339/43 "2005-01-25T17:05:57Z")

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> [@AuntiePam](#):
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> I might be misremembering, but didn’t the DVD come with two endings?

I think Foster had a problem with the ending and then the replacement actress had a problem with it.  
Sissies. 🙂

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