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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War spy film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The screenplay was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, based on John le Carré's 1974 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Gary Oldman as George Smiley, with Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik and Kathy Burke. It is set in London in the…
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Gary Oldman is George Smiley, a weary intelligence officer who’s been worn down by decades of employment in Her Majesty’s sneakiest service. Even in a flick packed with heavyweight British actors, the Dark Knight thesp’s transformation into the greying, sullen agent is the undisputed highlight. Lured back into MI6 to uncover a Russian mole within the organization, Smiley is a reserved shadow of a man; equal parts mu…More
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a total contrast to most films that handle this topic. He is not just a spy film, but a movie for people who live in a world where the slogan "Trust No One" is leading. The film begins when Control, the Director of the Circus (British Intelligence Secret Service), expresses doubts that there is a Soviet "mole" at the top of the Circus. That's why he sends an agent in Budapest to collect…More
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is based on a novel written by John LeCarre. This is the latest of LeCarre’s films to be made into a movie. He is well known for The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and The Constant Gardner. The film feels like a walk down memory lane for those of us who lived the Cold War, but the book was actually written in 1974 and was based loosely on current events at the time. This film captures the…More