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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

  • 2011
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  • 2h 7m
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Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.
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In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.

  • Director
    • Tomas Alfredson
  • Writers
    • John le Carré
    • Bridget O'Connor
    • Peter Straughan
  • Stars
    • Gary Oldman
    • Colin Firth
    • Tom Hardy
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    207K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,362
    372
    • Director
      • Tomas Alfredson
    • Writers
      • John le Carré
      • Bridget O'Connor
      • Peter Straughan
    • Stars
      • Gary Oldman
      • Colin Firth
      • Tom Hardy
    • 692User reviews
    • 491Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 3 Oscars
      • 35 wins & 100 nominations total

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    "The Scalp Hunters"
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    "I'm Putting My Life in Your Hands"
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    Gary Oldman
    Gary Oldman
    • George Smiley
    Colin Firth
    Colin Firth
    • Bill Haydon
    Tom Hardy
    Tom Hardy
    • Ricki Tarr
    Mark Strong
    Mark Strong
    • Jim Prideaux
    John Hurt
    John Hurt
    • Control
    Zoltán Mucsi
    Zoltán Mucsi
    • Magyar
    Péter Kálloy Molnár
    Péter Kálloy Molnár
    • Hungarian Waiter
    Ilona Kassai
    • Woman in Window
    Imre Csuja
    Imre Csuja
    • KGB Agent
    Toby Jones
    Toby Jones
    • Percy Alleline
    David Dencik
    David Dencik
    • Toby Esterhase
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Roy Bland
    Kathy Burke
    Kathy Burke
    • Connie Sachs
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    Benedict Cumberbatch
    • Peter Guillam
    Stephen Graham
    Stephen Graham
    • Jerry Westerby
    Arthur Nightingale
    • Bryant
    Simon McBurney
    Simon McBurney
    • Oliver Lacon
    Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
    Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
    • Belinda
    • (as Amanda Fairbank Hynes)
    • Director
      • Tomas Alfredson
    • Writers
      • John le Carré
      • Bridget O'Connor
      • Peter Straughan
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    • Trivia
      John le Carré's novel was based on the uncovering, during the 1950s and 1960s, of the Cambridge Five traitors, who were K.G.B. moles working within the S.I.S. It is the first book in le Carré's Karla, or Quest for Karla trilogy, the second and third parts being The Honourable Schoolboy (1977) and Smiley's People (1979).
    • Goofs
      In one of the flashbacks to the Christmas party, presumably before Control resigns in 1973, a "Lenin Santa" has everyone sing along to a recording of the Soviet National Anthem. The version that is played is the 1977 version - the original 1944 words fell out of favor after Stalin's death in 1953 and the anthem was played without words until the new version in 1977.
    • Quotes

      George Smiley: I want to talk about loyalty, Toby. Control recruited you, didn't he? He found you starving in a museum in Vienna, a wanted man. He saved your life, I heard. And yet, when the time came... when it came to picking sides between him and Alleline, you didn't hesitate. It's understandable, perhaps, with your war experience. You survived this long, I suppose, because of your ability to change sides, to serve any master.

      Easterhase: What's... what's this about, George?

      George Smiley: It's about which master you've been serving, Toby.

    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits slowly shift from the right side of the screen to the left and then back to the right, no doubt to symbolize the heart of the story: a double agent who 'changes sides'.
    • Connections
      Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 1 September 2011 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Land du Välsignade
      Written by Ragnar Althén (as Ragnar Althen), Elisabet Björklund

      Performed by Jussi Björling (as Jussi Bjorling)

      Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc

    User reviews692

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    6/10
    The Fact It's Uncinematic Is A Major Problem
    John Le Carre is without doubt one of the literary greats of the late 20th Century . A master of complex story telling his novels are often composed of characters standing around discussing complicated geo-political situations and the human condition . This means that his novels are fundamentally uncinematic , a fact reflected that so little of his work has been adapted to the silver screen . With this adaptation of his 1974 novel I doubt if anyone was expecting a James Bond thriller and I know I wasn't but even so you're struck as to how a Le Carre thriller doesn't lend itself to mainstream cinema

    You can't fault the film for its production values . It contains a who's who of prestigious big hitting British character actors such as Oldman , Hurt and Firth alongside up and coming peers such as Hardy and Cumberbatch . We also get a host of under rated actors in Strong and Burke and at a casting level none of this can be faulted . The look of the film is fantastic with the brownish dull hues reflecting both Communist Eastern Europe and run down Britain in the early 1970s and a day after seeing the movie my abiding memory of the film is the cinematography

    The problem is that - and I'm afraid to admit this - is that I didn't have a clue what was going on most of the time . A British agent is shot and caputured in Hungary and MI6 believes he was set up by a mole . I understood this but then we cut to a character after character discussing who the mole might be , do we have a mole and we don't have a mole and very soon I was very lost . This film topped the film charts in Britain for a grand total of three weeks and one suspects by way of a backhanded compliment many people went to the cinema for a second and third time in order to unravel the plot . This is all well and good but illustrates the fact highly regarded novels often don't lend themselves to great cinema . Let's not forget two of the most memorable movies of the 1970s THE GODFATHER and JAWS were based on novels dismissed as trash
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Focus Features
      • Official site (United States)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Hungarian
      • French
      • Turkish
    • Also known as
      • Trò Chơi Nội Gián
    • Filming locations
      • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies
      • StudioCanal
      • Karla Films
      • Paradis Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • £20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $24,149,393
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $310,562
      • Dec 11, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $81,515,369
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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