Movie Rec: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
This film is AMAZING. A wonderfully acted cold war drama.
One-sixth of the legal limit of British actors. The rest are on Downton Abbey.
Photo and caption from amusing, non-spoilery review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, HERE The article goes on to comment on Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy's chemistry in the film "...of course they’ve worked together before. It’s a law that there can only be 30 working actors in Britain at any time, lest they take over the whole world."
(cute interview with TH and BC on a film they worked on together HERE)
Gallery and bio of the main characters: not spoilery for plot, except maybe Ricki Tarr's, HERE
“With no Sherlock Holmes, would I ever have invented George Smiley? And with no Dr. Watson would I ever have given Smiley his sidekick Peter Guillam? I would like to think so, but I doubt it very much.”
- John le Carré
And surprisingly, as much as love Benny Cucumber at the moment, and his character in the film, in a surprise twist, my fave character was...
this guy.
(If he looks familiar, you probably recognise him as Lord Blackwood from the first Sherlock Movie)
One-sixth of the legal limit of British actors. The rest are on Downton Abbey.
Photo and caption from amusing, non-spoilery review of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, HERE The article goes on to comment on Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy's chemistry in the film "...of course they’ve worked together before. It’s a law that there can only be 30 working actors in Britain at any time, lest they take over the whole world."
(cute interview with TH and BC on a film they worked on together HERE)
Gallery and bio of the main characters: not spoilery for plot, except maybe Ricki Tarr's, HERE
“With no Sherlock Holmes, would I ever have invented George Smiley? And with no Dr. Watson would I ever have given Smiley his sidekick Peter Guillam? I would like to think so, but I doubt it very much.”
- John le Carré
And surprisingly, as much as love Benny Cucumber at the moment, and his character in the film, in a surprise twist, my fave character was...
this guy.
(If he looks familiar, you probably recognise him as Lord Blackwood from the first Sherlock Movie)