Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
by John Irvin
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Actor: Alec Guinness, Anthony Bate, Bernard Hepton, George Sewell, Michael JaystonDirector: John Irvin
Cinematographer: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Writer: Arthur Hopcraft
Writer: John le Carr?
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 290 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Movie Reviews of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Movie Review: spycraft
Summary: 5 Stars
The cold war streamlined the spy business in Europe. Before then you had at least half a dozen reasonably powerful European countries spying on their allies and enemies alike. The Soviets helped kick everything into high gear.
You'll find no secret weapons or high dollar crimes being narrowly thwarted by hero spies in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. There is very little screen violence at all. Most of the information these spies dig up seems trivial or inconsequential. Except when they are spying on each other, trying to figure out who is a spy. When they find him his motivations seem petty: he resented Britain being so reliant on American support during World War II.
Summary of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
No doubt remains, a mole has infiltrated the Circus, code name for the British Secret Intelligence Service. It can be only one of four men operating at the very highest level. Sidelined agent George Smiley is covertly tapped to root out the mole, a task that requires a painstaking dig through the double-blind world of Cold War era espionage and his own past. Alec Guinness brilliantly captures the weary heart and steely soul of John l? Carre's master spy in an intricate drama hailed as one of the finest ever made for television. Also starring Ian Richardson, Michael Aldridge, Joss Ackland, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett and Anthony Bate.DVD Special Features: digitally remastered presentation, exclusive interview with John l? Carre, production notes, cast filmographies and le Carre biography and booklist.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy stars Alec Guinness as George Smiley, John le Carr?'s familiar, aging British Intelligence agent, called out of retirement to discover the identity of the high-ranking Russian mole who has burrowed deep into "the Circus"--codename for the British secret service. This slow-burning, complicated, and ultimately rewarding BBC adaptation, dramatized by Arthur Hopcroft and directed by John Irvin, perfectly captures Le Carr?'s own insight into the shady underworld of spies and the political climate during the cold war.
Le Carr?'s style is the antithesis of his contemporary Ian Fleming's--far from the glamorous lifestyle of James Bond, with his fast cars and faster women, these agents ride around in Skodas, and Beryl Reid is the closest thing to a femme fatale, save for Smiley's elusive wife, Anne. An extraordinary cast (including Ian Bannen, Hywel Bennett, and Ian Richardson), gritty realism, and close attention to detail make Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy an outstanding piece of television drama. --Nicola Perry
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