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Seen on: 02/26/2012

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

Directed by Tomas Alfredson

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Most recently watched by sensoria, tylermager

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

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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