In the bleak days of the cold war, espionage veteran george smiley is forced out of semiretirement to uncover a soviet agent within mi6s echelons. Smiley in the new movie version of john le carres tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. This was inspired by a line at the end of the tinker, tailor, soldier, spy novel. Sir alec guinness, ch, cbe 2 april 1914 5 august 2000 was an english actor. One doll opens up to reveal a doll more irate than the other one, and the final doll is seen as being faceless. In tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1979, smiley has been in retirement for some time, some say owing to his mishandling of the czech scandal. He was featured in several of the ealing comedies, including kind hearts and coronets in which he played eight different characters. Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggarman, thief.
Tinker,taylor, soldier, spy 1979 alec guinness road. Ian richardson on his work with alec guinness excerpt from interview on abcs midday 2002 duration. Bbc tinker tailor s director, john irvin, now 79, is one of the few people still alive who was involved in the production. Rent tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1980 on dvd and blu. He plays superannuated spymaster george smiley in the new movie version of john le carre s tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. Tomas alfredsons film of the book, visually beautiful and often marvellously. Sep 17, 2011 gary oldman gives us a smiley to equal alec guinnesss in this triumphant adaptation of john le carres masterpiece, writes philip french.
The joy of tinker, tailor, soldier, spy in novel form and in the tv series is that all interpretations are possible. Tinker, tailor, soldier spy the film or the tv series. Alec guinness in tinker tailor soldier spy 1979 like it or not, the 1979 bbc version of tinker tailor solider spy with alec guinness will forever be compared to the 2011 feature film with gary. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis karla the sandman of the kgb and reveal. The television series of tinker tailor soldier spy has lost none of its grip, and the new film will recruit new friends to the cause. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy stars alec guinness as george smiley, john le carr. The bbcs tinker, tailor, soldier, spy may not be as flashy as more recent espionage dramas, but it would be difficult to find a role or performance more substantive than alec guinness george smiley. Ive recently noticed that the sound is a bit offsync so i have resynched it at. Tinker tailor soldier spy tv miniseries 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Alec guinness as george smiley in tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. Smiley settled on a picture of one of those little russian dolls that open up to reveal one inside the other, and another inside him. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1979 alec guinness beryl reid my lovely boy by vindobona awstriae. Terence rigby and alec guinness in tinker tailor soldier spy. In the bleak days of the cold war, espionage veteran george smiley gary oldman is forced from semiretirement to uncover a soviet agent within mi6. While the role was previously embodied by alec guinness for the 1979 british miniseries, oldman has made the part his own. Tinker tailor soldier spysmileys people snipers hide forum. Everything you need to know about tinker tailor soldier spy.
Guinness reprised the role in smileys people 1982, and twice won the british academy television award for best actor for his portrayal of the character. Early on in tomas alfredsons new adaptation, espionage veteran george smiley. Dec 19, 2011 gary oldman in tinker tailor soldier spy everything you need to know about tinker tailor soldier spy whether you want a cold war primer or hope to go deeper into 2011s most acclaimed thriller. The script preserves the novels backandforthintime structure, and episode 2 begins with an uninterrupted halfhour flashback recalling the seduction of a russian agent in lisbon. Tinker, tailor, soldier spy arrives under considerable weight of expectation, and justifiably so with such a cast. Corbridge crescent, cambridge heath, london e2 one by one, british agents meet up with the russian contact polyakov at safe house 3 corbridge crescent, e2, on the regents canal in cambridge heath, which aficionados of london film will recognise this as the.
Watched the full bbc alec guinness miniseries yesterday. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy dvd,john le carres intense thriller was the basis for this riveting sixpart series about master spy george smiley, brought back from cold war retirement to ferret out a highranking mole in the british secret service. Herbert pocket in great expectations 1946, fagin in oliver twist 1948, col. In its favour over the gary oldman film the various plot threads are fully. It is impossible not to compare director tomas alfredsons movie to the masterful 1978 tv version starring alec guinness as softly spoken spy hunter george smiley. Alec guinness in tinker tailor soldier spy 1979 alexander knox in tinker tailor. Sep 01, 2019 i was a child when tinker tailor soldier spy was first broadcast, starting on september 10 1979. Having read the book and seen the movie more than several times, they still remain interconnected and indistinguishable. Yes, the book contains more detail, but may details are covered by innuendo, scene or background detail in the movie. Tinker tailor soldier spy looks, sounds and feels exactly right. The screenplay was written by bridget oconnor and peter straughan, based on john le carres 1974 novel of the same name. Tinker tailor soldier spy 2011 download movie for mobile in best quality 3gp and mp4 format.
And it seems all anyone can talk about is the 1979 bbc tv version, starring. A still of alec guinness in tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1979. Alec guinness, in the star role of intelligence officer george smiley. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1979 alec guinness ian richardson the mole. Also stream tinker tailor soldier spy on your mobile, tablets and ipads plot.
With alec guinness, michael jayston, anthony bate, george sewell. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy stars alec guinness as george smiley, john le carres. Whereas the recent movie staring gary oldman was le carre with all the le. Unusually for tv, this is a film of rare visual imagination, not in the mistakenly flashy. Revisiting the first tinker, tailor, soldier, spy before the 2011 film version of john le carres spy novel, british director john irvin directed the original 1979 series for the bbc. Directed by john irvin and anchored by a tremendous alec guinness. Alec guinness full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Tinker tailor soldier spy is a 2011 cold war spy thriller film directed by tomas alfredson. It follows the endeavors of taciturn, aging spymaster george smiley to uncover a soviet mole in the british secret intelligence service.
Dec 09, 2011 tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, with gary oldman as george smiley, skillfully mined from john le carres book, is a mystery about spies spying on spies. The reallife spies of tinker tailor soldier spy film. May 30, 2012 forget the film tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. The opening sentence of tinker tailor soldier spy, a 1974 novel by john le carre. This slowburning, complicated, and ultimately rewarding bbc adaptation, dramatized by arthur hopcroft and directed by john irvin, perfectly captures le carres own insight into the shady underworld of. Tinker,tailor, soldier, spy 1979 alec guinness ian. And, in the ancient corner, alec guinness, in a performance no less.
Guinness was reluctant to appear on television, but accepted the part of george smiley in the serialisation of john le carres tinker tailor soldier spy 1979 after meeting the author. Smiley is a career intelligence officer with the circus, the british overseas intelligence agency. British agent alec leamas richard burton refuses to come in from the cold war during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one. Dec 14, 2011 tinker tailor soldier spy looks, sounds and feels exactly right. John irvin directed and jonathan powell produced this adaptation of john le carres novel tinker tailor soldier spy 1974. Picking up a role on which the great alec guinness left his signature in the 1970s when the novel was adapted as a british tv series, gary. Dec 20, 2011 revisiting the first tinker, tailor, soldier, spy before the 2011 film version of john le carres spy novel, british director john irvin directed the original 1979 series for the bbc. He is a central character in the novels call for the dead, a murder of quality, tinker tailor soldier spy, the honourable schoolboy, and smileys people, and a supporting character in the spy who came in from the cold, the. Tinker tailor soldier spy is a 1974 spy novel by british author john le carre. He is known for his six collaborations with david lean. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy stars alec guinness as george smiley, john le carres familiar, aging british intelligence agent, called out of retirement to discover the identity of the highranking russian mole who has burrowed deep into the circuscodename for the british secret service. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy serie tv 1979 allocine. In the bleak days of the cold war, espionage veteran george smiley is forced out of.
The series has just been rereleased on dvd in anticipation of the release of a new film. What, after all, is john le carres novel about, if not reading. Produced for british television in 1979, tinker, tailor, soldier, spy ranks high on the shortlist of adaptations that rise fully to the source materials challenges, thanks in no small part to guinness. Tinker tailor soldier spy is a 1979 sevenpart drama spy miniseries made by bbc tv. Yet, tailor, tinker, soldier, spy as a movie defies that axiom. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy ou bienvenue dans lunivers glacial et. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy by john irvin alec guinness. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy talk of the villages florida. Nicholson in the bridge on the river kwai 1957, for which he won the academy award for best actor, prince faisal in lawrence of arabia 1962, general yevgraf zhivago in. Alfredsons film is faithful to the tone set by the novel. The miniseries, which stars alec guinness, alexander knox, ian richardson. Oct 23, 2011 with a feature film of john le carres tinker, tailor, soldier, spy to open in december, theres still time to discover or revisit the 1979 tv version, which starred alec guinness as. Gary oldman in tinker tailor soldier spy everything you need to know about tinker tailor soldier spy whether you want a cold war primer or.
Alec guinness starred in the 1979 bbc adaptation of john le carres novel tinker, tailor soldier, spy. Based on john le carres tinker tailor soldier spy and smileys people the two bbc miniseries from 1979 and 1982 are a real classic of the spy genre. Tinker tailor soldier spy is a dense puzzle of anxiety, paranoia, and espionage that director tomas alfredson pieces together with utmost skill. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1979 alec guinness tobys questioning duration. Sep 18, 2011 as a film, tinker tailor soldier spy is a good read. Double bill of bbc espionage drama miniseries based on the novels by john le carre and starring alec guinness as master spy george smiley. In the bleak days of the cold war, espionage veteran george smiley is forced from semiretirement to uncover a. Tinker tailor soldier spy 2011, a film adaptation of the novel. This is my uk four hour edited version with no breaks and english subtitles. But the screenplay, by bridget oconnor and peter straughan, is not a model of clarity. The 1974 tinker, tailor, soldier, spy novel is the first book in john le carr.
This was one of my least favorite movies of all time. Jan 11, 2012 tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, an adaptation of john le carres 1974 novel of cold war espionage games, is a puzzle of a highly rarefied order. Tv series first broadcast in 1979 that starred alec guinness as smiley. But id be surprised if anyone were led to the same ruminations by the film, where, for all gary oldmans talent, the character seemed more straightforward, righteous and angry. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy george smiley 20 episodes 1979. Rent tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1980 on dvd and bluray. The sites summary called the film a dense puzzle of anxiety, paranoia, and espionage that director tomas alfredson pieces together with utmost skill. Yet the author himself once said that sir alec guinness made smiley his own. George smiley, the aging master spy of the cold war and once heir apparent to control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the circus. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy smileys people double pack. He later won the academy award for best actor for his role as colonel nicholson in the bridge on the river kwai. Totally different to the more dashing james bond style spy flicks, this focuses more on the real issues of trust, betrayal, politics, bureaucracy. The miniseries, which stars alec guinness, alexander knox, ian richardson, michael jayston, anthony bate, ian bannen, george sewell and michael aldridge, was shown in the united kingdom from 10 september to 22 october 1979 and in the united states beginning on 29 september 1980.
With a feature film of john le carres tinker, tailor, soldier, spy to open in december, theres still time to discover or revisit the 1979 tv. Since the time of its publication, the novel has received critical acclaim for its complex social commentary and lack of sensationalism, and remains a staple of the spy fiction genre. The greatest spy story ever told at its core, john le carres tinker, tailor, soldier, spy isnt really about espionage, says critic john powers. Dec 16, 2016 tinker tailor soldier spy stars alec guinness, ian richardson, ian bannen, hywel bennett, michael jayston, and a host of other superb british character actors, all of whom perform brilliantly in this tv miniseries. Sir alec guinness plays smiley, weary yet resolute, on the trail of a traitor. Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy smileys people double pack dvd. The miniseries, which stars alec guinness, ian richardson, michael jayston, anthony bate, ian bannen, george sewell, and michael aldridge. Rent tinker, tailor, soldier, spy 1980 starring alec guinness and ian richardson on dvd and bluray. In the bleak days of the cold war, espionage veteran george smiley is forced from semiretirement to uncover a soviet agent within mi6. George smiley, the aging master spy of the cold war and once heir apparent to control, is brought back. Le carre, as it happens, also approves of alfredsons film, set to open dec. In the new movie tinker, tailor, soldier, spy, master spy george.
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