Editing The Silence of the Lambs (film) (section)

===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] began on November 15, 1989, and wrapped on March 1, 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Silence of the Lambs (1991) – Miscellaneous Notes|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90121/the-silence-of-the-lambs#notes|work=[[Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide]]|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=March 11, 2014|archive-date=March 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316064036/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90121/The-Silence-Of-The-Lambs/misc-notes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Filming primarily took place in and around [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], with some scenes shot in nearby northern [[West Virginia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=City lands good share of movies|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V19cAAAAIBAJ&dq=sharon-stone%20pittsburgh&pg=1397%2C300980|access-date=December 30, 2011|newspaper=The Vindicator|date=December 10, 1995|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225012250/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V19cAAAAIBAJ&dq=sharon-stone%20pittsburgh&pg=1397%2C300980|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Failed verification|reason=no reference to West Virginia in the cited news article|date=February 2022}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55200 |title=AFI&#124;Catalog }}</ref> The Victorian home in [[Perryopolis, Pennsylvania]], used as Buffalo Bill's home in the film went up for sale in August 2015 for $300,000.<ref>{{cite web |title='Silence of the Lambs' Takes Revenge on This Week's Most Popular Homes |url=https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/most-popular-homes-jame-gumb-silence-of-the-lambs/ |website=realtor.com News |date=August 28, 2015 |access-date=June 18, 2020 |archive-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619053634/https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/most-popular-homes-jame-gumb-silence-of-the-lambs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The home sat on the market for nearly a year, before finally selling for $195,000.<ref>{{cite news|first=Katie|last=Rogers|title='Silence of the Lambs' House Can't Find a Buyer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/movies/silence-of-the-lambs-house-cant-find-a-buyer.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|location=New York City|date=January 13, 2016|access-date=June 18, 2020|url-access=limited|archive-date=February 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217145835/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/movies/silence-of-the-lambs-house-cant-find-a-buyer.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Claudine|last=Zap|title='Silence of the Lambs' House Finally Sells|url=https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/silence-of-the-lambs-house-finally-sells/|website=realtor.com News|date=July 9, 2016|access-date=June 18, 2020|archive-date=June 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619035858/https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/silence-of-the-lambs-house-finally-sells/|url-status=live}}</ref> The exterior of the [[Western Center]] near [[Canonsburg, Pennsylvania]], served as the setting for Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kirsch|first=Tom|title=Western Center – Abandoned Photography|url=http://opacity.us/site108_western_center.htm|work=Opacity|date=October 21, 2005 |access-date=March 11, 2014|archive-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208022610/http://opacity.us/site108_western_center.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> A scene set in the FBI Director's office was filmed in the office of [[United States Secretary of Labor]] [[Elizabeth Dole]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/lambs-ar1.html|title=Retelling a Psychopathic Killer's Tale Is No Joke|last=Hinds|first=Michael deCourcy|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 25, 1990|access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref> In what was a rare act of cooperation at the time, the FBI allowed scenes to be filmed at the [[FBI Academy]] in Quantico; some FBI staff members even acted in [[bit part]]s.{{sfn|Edwards|2001|p=132}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Dr. Lecter Will See You Now |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/classic-feature-silence-lambs/ |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |location=London |date=June 1991 |access-date=July 24, 2014 |last=Lurie |first=Rod |archive-date=December 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211132029/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/classic-feature-silence-lambs/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The design for the basement and pit used by Buffalo Bill was inspired by the real-life kidnappings and murders performed by [[Gary M. Heidnik]].