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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569385265
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1569385262
Label: Acorn Media
Manufacturer: Acorn Media
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Acorn Media
Release Date: March 23, 2004
Running Time: 324 minutes
Sales Rank: 4550
Studio: Acorn Media
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1980
Editorial Review:
Description:
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 lé 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 lé Carre, production notes, cast filmographies and le Carre biography and booklist.
Amazon.com:
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy stars Alec Guinness as George Smiley, John le Carré'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 Carré's own insight into the shady underworld of spies and the political climate during the cold war.
Le Carré'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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - le Carre & Guiness at their peak
George Smiley comes out of retirement to catch a Soviet spy embedded in British Intelligence. Lots of twists & turns & betrayals. Lots of spies' tradecraft.
Alec Guiness plays Smiley. No - he BECOMES Smiley. In the book Smiley is a fat little man. So Alec Guiness, looking like Alec Guiness, becomes a fat little man. He's magic.
Rating: - Excellent
The sound quality is not as good as I would like. Otherwise, it is excellent.
Rating:  - Brilliant writing and acting
A masterpiece but you have to pay attention. Video is fair - audio is adequate except for the first episode. If only Criterion had done the transfer.
Rating: - A Classic in the History of TV Movies
It's hard to believe today that John Le Carre's great novel was never translated to cinema, but rather into the form of a low budget BBC serial. And Alec Guiness' career had slowed to near obscurity. There was so little money for production of this that you can hear airplanes flying thru scenes, cars honking inappropriately outside, and clearly tell that "Czechoslovakia" is some place outside London. But no matter! The script, direction and acting are all incomparable, and what a story! This is the ... Read More
Rating: - The Mole Hunt...
The BBC's superb dramatization of John Le Carre's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" features Alec Guinness in an absolutely pitch-perfect role as George Smiley, a world-weary Cold Warrior called out of uneasy retirement to find a Soviet mole in the British Secret Service.
The movie opens with a secret British mission into Czechoslovakia, in which Control, the head of "The Circus", hopes to find a vital clue to the identity of a suspected Soviet spy inside the Secret Service. The public failure ... Read More
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