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chianti

chee an tee

  • n  dry red Italian table wine from the Chianti region of Tuscany

  • Same with Silence of the Lambs: We hear Anthony Hopkins' evil slurp, but the video edits out the quote that precedes it: "I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.
Quotes

  • Keira Knightley in Guardian Unlimited
    I unwittingly just got attacked (last night) by a bottle of Chianti,said Knightley, playing a woman who loses her new lover to false criminal accusations by her jealous younger sister. "But maybe hair of the dog and I'll just carry on with...
  • Anthony Hopkins in San Francisco Chronicle
    Trying to scare FBI trainee Foster, Hopkins says: "A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."

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