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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Directed by Tomas Alfredson

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Overview

In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet mole within his former colleagues at the heart of MI6.

Rated R | Length 127 minutes

Actors

Gary Oldman | Colin Firth | Tom Hardy | John Hurt | Toby Jones | Mark Strong | Benedict Cumberbatch | Ciarán Hinds | David Dencik | Kathy Burke | Stephen Graham | Simon McBurney | Svetlana Khodchenkova | Roger Lloyd-Pack | Konstantin Khabenskiy | Christian McKay | Zoltán Mucsi | Péter Kálloy Molnár | Ilona Kassai | Imre Csuja | Arthur Nightingale | Amanda Fairbank-Hynes | Peter McNeil O'Connor | Matyelok Gibbs | Philip Hill-Pearson | Jamie Thomas King | Stuart Graham | Sarah Jane Wright | Katrina Vasilieva | Linda Marlowe | William Haddock | Erskine Wylie | Philip Martin Brown | Tomasz Kowalski | Alexandra Salafranca | Denis Khoroshko | Oleg Dzhabrailov | Gillian Stevenson | Nick Hopper | Laura Carmichael | Rupert Procter | John le Carré | Michael Sarne | Jean-Claude Jay | Tom Stuart | Harvey Walsh

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Viewing Notes

I was fortunate enough to catch this in the theater with my wife at the only cinema nearby still playing it. Great choice of location too because it was a large screen in a classic style cinema, pitch black and no outside sound leakage. Perfect viewing for a densely woven movie that demands your attention throughout.

I’m amazed a movie like this can even be made these days. It’s a beautifully crafted piece of film, with top-notch acting throughout, excellent cinematography, a perfect soundtrack, and very evocative of the period it represented.

This is the kind of movie that today’s generation, in general, don’t have the patience for. Needless to say I loved it and will definitely pick it up on Blu-Ray when it’s released.

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