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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (DVD, 2012)

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a gripping thriller film that boasts a star-studded cast. With Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, and Tom Hardy, the acting in this film is top-notch. The film is directed by Tomas Alfredson and was released in 2012. This DVD features commentary with Gary Oldman and Director Tomas Alfredson, a John Le Carrθ interview, and deleted scenes. With a run time of 122 minutes, this film is a must-watch for fans of the thriller and general genres. Get your hands on this DVD today!

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An ex-British agent (Gary Oldman) is brought out of retirement to rout out a MI6 double agent in this adaptation of John Le Carre's novel. Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, and Ciaran Hinds round out the starring cast, with Tomas Alfredson helming a script by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan. In 1979, the BBC aired a highly-acclaimed mini-series adapatation starring Alec Guiness in a rare small-screen appearance.

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ProducerEric Fellner, Robyn Slovo

EAN5055201815835

eBay Product ID (ePID)8048562493

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ActorGary Oldman, Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong, Tom Hardy

Film/TV TitleTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

DirectorTomas Alfredson

LanguageEnglish

Run Time122 Mins

FormatDVD

Release Year2012

FeaturesCommentary with Gary Oldman & Director Tomas Alfredson \John Le Carrθ Interview\Deleted Scenes

GenreThriller, General

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Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

ReviewsFilm 4 - One of the best-looking, best-acted spy movies we've seen in a long while., Guardian UK - What a treat this film is, and what an unexpected thrill., Daily Telegraph - Completely absorbing and a more than worthy companion piece to the 1979 BBC serialisation., Time Out - This spy story is all about the journey - the process - and the byways of the route, not the grand finale. This film's superb cast, script and direction threaten to make that journey equally as thrilling as Le CarrΘ's book.

Additional InformationLET THE RIGHT ONE IN director Tomas Alfredson takes the helm for this adaptation of John Le Carre's novel about an ex-British agent who emerges from retirement to expose a mole in MI6. England, 1973: British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) head Control (John Hurt) and his top-ranking lieutenant George Smiley (Gary Oldman) are both forced into retirement after a mission involving respected secret agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) turns unexpectedly deadly. As the Cold War continues to escalate, suspicions of a Soviet double agent begin to grow within SIS. Subsequently summoned by Undersecretary Oliver Lacon (Simon McBurney), Smiley is secretly reemployed by the SIS in order to root out the double agent suspected of sharing top-secret British intelligence with the Soviets. Meanwhile, as Smiley and his new partner Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch) begin systematically examining all of the official missions and records involving MI6, the veteran spy can't help but recall an encounter he once had with Karla, a dangerous Russian operative, years prior. At first, uncovering the identity of the infiltrator seems nearly impossible. Smiley and Guillam get a big break, however, when undercover agent Ricki Tarr (Tom Hardy) reveals that he has fallen for a mysterious woman in Turkey named Irina (Svetlana Khodchenkova), who may have a crucial lead. Later, upon learning that Control had comprised a list of five possible suspects, code-named Tinker (Toby Jones), Tailor (Colin Firth), Soldier (Ciarßn Hinds), Poor Man (David Dencik), and Beggar Man -- none other than Smiley himself -- the investigation begins to heat up again.

AwardsBest Screenplay (Adapted) 2012 - Peter Straughan, Best British Film 2012 -, Best Music Original Score (Dramatic/Musical/Comedy) 2012 - Alberto Iglesias, Best Screenplay (Adapted) 2012 - Bridget O'Connor

ScreenwriterBridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan

AuthorJohn Le Carre

Sound sourceDolby Digital

Movie/TV TitleTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Consumer AdviceContains strong language, sex, violence and bloody injury detail

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by filterguy2023
09 Apr, 2023
A lack of ensemble acting, period feel, and drama. Nonetheless, some fascinating character studies
To the last year of his life, Le Carre himself was a contemporary writer. He understood that his work had to be current to be relevant. The main drawback of this film is that it attempts to go back in time by the very tricky distance of 35-40 years, from 2011 back to 1974. Long enough for many of the attitudes of the time to have been rejected, but nowhere near long enough to give perspective. Modern films of the Thatcher era suffer from similar issues. One of the biggest problems is context. Le Carre's immediate readership were soaked in the patriotic messages of the war generation. For them, no explanation was needed of a shop-worn, fading, but nonetheless sincere belief in the greatness and uniqueness of Britain. However, a modern generation needs more footnotes concerning the nature of patriotism at that time. In the original tv serial of this book, this was convincingly conveyed by the rituals of Prideaux's prep school, and his over-the-top patriotic language to the pupils he taught. Also, by Connie's alcohol-soaked reminiscences of the good old days. These scenes were supposed to ring a little hollow. Here, however, they fall flat. Thrown away here are both the British class system and the shared sense of scholarly elitism of the parvenus. On the one hand, Ann the aristocrat, Haydon the athletic public schoolboy totally at ease in all social situations, & the pompous, ambitious Allelyne. On the other hand, the less well-born scholars with Firsts from Oxford: Control, Connie, Roy Bland, and Smiley. Class was very important postwar, especially in quasi-military institutions, more especially because of the egalitarian influence of very heavy taxation. This key element of the times, much discussed by Le Carre, is entirely missed here. The film assembles a fantastic cast, and there are many interesting individual performances. Here, the Circus top brass all seem less confident & more introspective than in the tv version. Oldman's Smiley is only the most eccentric and remote of a disparate group of damaged individuals, visibly twisted by their secret and paranoid trade. Of these, Hurt, Jones, Strong, & Firth give good performances. However, McBurney is entirely too contemporary as Lacon, and Hardy is very poor and entirely contemporary as Ricki Tarr. Cumberbatch is more the right age to play junior man Guillam than was Jayston in the tv version, though his character is also given some of Haydon's bisexuality, possibly to put bisexuality on the side of the angels, and possibly to add depth to Guillam's hero-worship of Haydon. Here, the girls chase Guillam rather than vice-versa. However, the second main failing of the film is a lack of ensemble feeling. All of these accomplished actors seem to give their own take on the era and its manners. This weakness of central direction and coherence also affects the lack of drama in the lead up to the climax. The score doesn't help. Overall, one feels that this film should be shown in directors schools, as a textbook example of how a director can fail even the most talented of casts. Nonetheless, there's still plenty to enjoy here. Performances: 8/10. Period feel: 4/10. Drama: 5/10.
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by mikel1438
26 Sep, 2017
A must see movie
Excellent all round , gripping , exciting and the gathering together of some of the best actors in the business
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by daniels_gran
14 May, 2024
Very happy with purchase
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