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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Alec Guinness (Actor), Ian Richardson (Actor), Frances Alcock (Director), Rated:
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Contributor Ian Bannen, Alec Guinness, John Standing, Hilary Minster, Joss Ackland, Bernard Hepton, Siân Phillips, Timothy Stetson, Sian Phillips, Michael Jayston, Jonathan Powell, Michael Aldridge, Alexander Knox, Frances Alcock, Patrick Stewart, Terence Rigby, Anthony Bate, Ian Richardson, George Sewell, Hywel Bennett, George Pravda, Alec Sabin, John Irvin See more
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"A smashing thriller" --The New York Times "Exhilarating" --The Washington Post

With ALEC GUINNESS as George Smiley

"One of the most madly atmospheric and enjoyably literate films ever done for television" --The Washington Post

No doubt remains: a mole has infiltrated the Circus, code name for the British Secret Intelligence Service. It can only be 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 le Carré’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.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.6 x 5.4 x 7.5 inches; 4.16 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 22834644
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Frances Alcock, John Irvin
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, NTSC, Color, Box set
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ August 5, 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, George Sewell, Bernard Hepton
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Jonathan Powell
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ ACORN MEDIA
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005DXCO94
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 3
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  • MHG 712
    5.0 out of 5 stars Classic le Carrie spy miniseries
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024
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    This excellent BBC miniseries remains a timeless classic of a Cold War Russian mole at the top of MI6. Sir Alec Guinness is superb as George Smiley. It was remade as a film with Gary Oldman as Smiley. Both are first rate.
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  • Ivan Beckoff
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tinker, tailor soldier, spy
    Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2024
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    Great packaging. Superb movie.
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  • B. Marold
    5.0 out of 5 stars Still among the best spy stories
    Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2013
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    I saw this miniseries when if was first broadcast in 1980, hard on the heels of Alec Guinness' memorable role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars IV. I have placed it among my favorite BBC series, along with "I, Claudius" and "Brideshead Revisited". I decided to take a look back at it in preparation for reviewing the new version starring Gary Oldman as George Smiley. I will defer my opinion on that until I've watched it twice.

    The cast for this version must have employed virtually half of the better English character actors. There are 41 feature cast members, ten of which I recognize immediately, such as Ian Richardson, Ian Bannen, Alexander Knox, Joss Ackland, Sian Phillips, and Patrick Steward, whose dialogue consists of a single word. I read the book and I don't remember it well now, but I recall in 1979 that it followed the book quite closely. Like the earlier "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold", it is gritty and no nonsense. Not a single trace of James Bond tomfoolery. Even better, it was filmed when the Cold War was still very real, and Russian spooks were a very, very real fear. What makes it even more genuine sounding (albeit annoying since it is unexplained) is that it uses a jargon (which may or may not be real MI-6 patter)such as lamp-lighters (internal security) and scalp hunters (specialists in "wet work").

    Guinness as George Smiley is virtually perfect (and all other roles are played to a tee). It appears he may have been aged a bit with make-up from his Obi-Wan appearance. He appears in one flashback scene perhaps 20 years before, and it seemed easy to make him look younger. Even the small roles are limned with perfection, such as Beryl Reid as Connie Sachs, the retired Circus head of research, with arthritic hands, who is now an Oxford tutor. Steward's performance as the chief heavy, Carla, may be one of the best things I have seen him do (I am not a fan of his.) It was based entirely on body English responding (or not responding) to George Smiley's interrogations. I did not even recognize him, as he had some hair, and his face was in shadow (unlike his great role as Sejanus in "I, Claudius"). Possibly the best other main performances were Ian Richardson as Bill Haydon and Ian Bannen as Jim Prideaux. I have never seen Richardson in a Shakespearean play, but he was marvelous in the BBC series "House of Cards" and in the film "Brazil." Ian Bannan seemed to be a staple in British spy thrillers such as "the Mackintosh Man" starring Paul Newman.

    The American version was rearranged from the seven part British version to put things in a sequence which better agreed with the book. Unlike virtually most other spy flicks, the realism simply crackles with verisimilitude. One can chuckle about Sherlock Holmes never carrying a pistol. No such bravado here, as even Smiley pulls out his Glock when the final scene comes, and he is constantly on the lookout for people tailing him.

    I do sense that Gary Oldman may have taken some lessons on playing George Smiley from Guinness' performance here. If you were not fond of the remake, come back and try the original.
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  • Curious
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dated, but so was the period of the story
    Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2024
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    Alec Guiness brings his subtle approach to acting here at the climax of his long career and his experience and confidence shows. The work is well known and a modern version while quite good is a pale effort by the way of comparison despite its stellar cast. All of the cast here are at least as good and when all is said, George Smiley, played by Guiness is not only at the focal point, but is also the main player to the business. Having less attention to Smiley is comparable to imagining Hmalet without the Prince. There is meat to the text and it is hard to limit the material to that of the common film as the ability to find clues is akin to peeling layers of the proverbial onion, or more aptly as the title screen displays, the Russian nesting dolls. Skip the newer version and watch this even at the longer length. Details hard to understand under the cuts in the former are no longer the issue and the logic of the spying mind is laid out much for the better appreciation.
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  • L. S. Reed
    5.0 out of 5 stars An almost perfect mini-series
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2011
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    Quite simply, this is brilliant. I don't know if John Le Carre invented the "anti-Bond" spy, the profoundly flawed spy with some deep problem in his home life, but George Smiley certainly perfected the genre. And Alec Guinness's portrayal of Smiley is 100% spot-on.

    Adaptations of successful novels are always a problem. People who read and liked the book are a natural audience for the film, but often they hate what the filmmakers did with the book. One problem is that often the characters don't seem "right." In this production, they're simply perfect. Besides Smiley, the actors who portrayed Peter Guillam, Toby Esterhazy, and Jim Prideaux are fabulous. And Percy Alleline is totally believable as the arrogant, ambitious, bumbling oaf. Even players who have only a single scene or who just walk on (Karla, Mendel, Connie, Fawn, Control) are great. I found Ricky Tarr a little annoying, but that's probably the way Ricky Tarr was.

    The even bigger problem with adaptations is the story-telling. Obviously you can include more with a mini-series than you can with a ~2 hour movie, but still it is a challenge. And there always seem to be problems moving from page to film -- "tarting up" the story with increased drama, combining characters, skipping events that some readers consider important, replacing the characters' mental musings with narration-through-dialogue, etc. This video avoided all these pitfalls. It has been a long time since I last read the book, but I cannot remember any important omissions or any violent changes from the original.

    It has often been commented that Alec Guinness's version of "acting" is to not act. And that's true in a lot of ways. It's the same voice you've seen before, the same stony expression, in fact you're almost waiting to hear him say, "funny, I don't remember owning a 'droid." But it's a perfect portrayal, conveyed powerfully with little glances, tiny smiles, occasionally cleaning his glasses, and, most of all, pauses that disarm his adversary.

    The series is successful in building tension and telling the story from the very first scene. But there are a couple scenes that deserve to be in the "Movie Scene Hall of Fame," if any such place exists. One is the great scene between Smiley and Connie, the former head of research. And the other (right up there with the De Niro-Pacino scene in "Heat" for my money) is the brilliant confrontation between Smiley and Esterhazy at the end of Episode 5.

    I've been watching this recently while riding my exercise bike. The good news is that it's upping the amount of exercise I get. The bad news is it will be done too soon. Brilliant video.
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  • doug hone
    5.0 out of 5 stars I Spy With My Little Eye An Excellent Thriller
    Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2023
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    I liked the screenplay - how the screen version did justice to the book. The experience of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is enhanced with watching both this and the movie adaptation also available on Amazon. Personally I liked the characters of the Circus better in the movie although Smiley was played equally well in both.
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  • Harry
    5.0 out of 5 stars All as assured
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2024
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    The product arrived in timely manner. Safely packed. Great to wander into the past to see Smiley once again. Most 😉
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  • 鱸　一成
    4.0 out of 5 stars スマイリーとカーラを映像で観れて満足したが・・・
    Reviewed in Japan on April 11, 2022
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    冒頭のシーンで、疑惑の４人が三々五々会議室に集まってきて、そろったところでパーシー・アレリンが「では始めよう」と宣言する。物語の始まりと４人の謀議の始まりを重ね合わせたわくわくする導入部だ。
    　続くタイトルロールでは、マトリョーシュカ人形が現れ、その穏やかな表情が、怒ったような悲しいような表情に、そして顔のない人形へと変わっていく。これを観て、原作のラストのほうで、主人公ジョージ・スマイリーがマトリョーシュカ人形の絵を見て物思いにふけるあのくだりが脳裏に浮かんだ。
    　アレック・ギネス演じるスマイリーは原作のイメージ通りだった。原作者ル・カレは自らギネスに出演を依頼し、本作の彼の演技を絶賛したという。同じ原作の映画「裏切られたサーカス」でスマイリーを演じたゲイリー・オールドマンは、きっとギネスをお手本にしたのだろう。
    　原作では、スマイリーの妻アンは奔放、元同僚のコニー・サックスは気難しくてあくの強い人物、をイメージしていたが、本作では２人とも穏やかなレデイだった。それもそうか、２人とも立派な出自をもち、名門オクスフォード大学を卒業しているのだから。
    　スマイリーの宿敵カーラも登場する（「裏切りのサーカス」ではカーラは登場しない）。原作でスマイリーが、初対面のカーラの外見を「イタリアの田舎町で見かける聖職者のよう」と評しており、その表現に合う役作りがされていた。
    　原作では、インドの刑務所でのスマイリーとカーラの対面から１５年以上が経過して、ジム・プリドーもカーラと会話しているが、残念ながらこのプリドーの回想シーンではカーラは映像化されていない。インドでの拘留生活から一転、権力の座に上り詰めたカーラは、どのような風貌になり、どんな話し方をするのか、ぜひ観てみたかった。
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  • Manuel Abizanda
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fiel al libro
    Reviewed in Spain on March 1, 2013
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    Excelente DVD. Sólo por ser creado por la BBC y con Sir Alec Guinness de protagonista ya da garantía de calidad. Si a todo esto le añades que sigue fielmente al libro creo que no se puede pedir más.
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  • acaponetto
    5.0 out of 5 stars the best film version of Le Carre's masterpiece
    Reviewed in Italy on January 4, 2013
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    very good film and unforgettable Alec Guinnes' interpretation: ne is the only real George Smiley.
    this the best version of Le Carré's masterpiece and this BBC tv film is more realistic than the film with Gary Oldman
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