Jonathan Demme's film Silence of the Lambs receives four Oscars

Jonathan Demme, named best director for "Silence of the Lambs" at the 64th Academy Awards on March 30. 1992 in Los Angeles, poses abckstage. The psychological thrller about an FBI agent exploring the mind of one sociopathicc killer in order to udnerstand and snare another, won best picture and four toher top Oscars, making only the thrid time a in Oscar hsitory a film swept the top four Academy Awards. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen/Files)