We've been very excited to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the new film from Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson that stars Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciaran Hinds, Mark Strong, Svetlana Khodchenko, Toby Jones, John Hurt, Stephen Graham and Kathy Burke.. The film is essentially both a remake of…
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We've seen a couple international trailers for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as the film opens this week in the UK. It won't hit the US until December 9, and so we've only just been given a US trailer. But the upshot of waiting is that this trailer features some footage you might not yet have…
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One of the most anticipated films of the Venice Film Festival was Tomas Alfredson's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which is a new take on John le Carré's 1974 cold-war thriller novel. The film remakes the well-loved 1979 BBC version starring Alec Guinness as retired MI6 agent George Smiley, called back to action to uncover a…
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At this point I can't imagine that I have to reiterate the basic facts that have many of us anticipating Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy like crazy. There's the source material: John le Carré's jargon-laced cold war novel, which has already led to a great 1979 BBC version starring Alec Guinness. There's the director: Tomas Alfredson,…
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Movies like this are the reason I'm able to stay optimistic about remakes. The original BBC version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy starring Alec Guinness is a great piece of work. To some fans, it is unimpeachable. But based on the two trailers we've seen, the new version looks absolutely fantastic. This is the second…
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I've been looking forward to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy since I first heard that Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson had been tapped to direct from Peter Morgan's (The Queen, Frost/Nixon) script. My excitement has only increased with each new casting announcement -- Gary Oldman! Colin Firth! Tom Hardy! Mark Strong! Now a…
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One of my most anticipated films of the year is Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. That's in part because it is the new film, at last, from Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson. And in part because the cast is about as good as they come (if quite skewed towards the male): Gary Oldman,…
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Just about every development on Tomas Alfredson's film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy seems to be a good one. The cast is a knockout (Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Ciaran Hinds) and now there's another good name on board, as Mark Strong has signed to appear. We don't know his…
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