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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
File:Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTomas Alfredson
Screenplay byBridget O'Connor
Peter Straughan
Produced byTim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Robyn Slovo
StarringGary Oldman
Colin Firth
Tom Hardy
John Hurt
Toby Jones
Mark Strong
Benedict Cumberbatch
Ciarán Hinds
CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema
Edited byDino Jonsäter
Music byAlberto Iglesias
Production
companies
Distributed byOptimum Releasing (UK)
Focus Features (US)
Release dates
  • 5 September 2011 (2011-09-05) (Venice Film Festival)
  • 16 September 2011 (2011-09-16) (United Kingdom)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film UK
LanguageEnglish
Box office£2,814,860[1]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 English-language thriller film directed by Tomas Alfredson, from a screenplay by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan based on the 1974 novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré.

The film stars Gary Oldman as George Smiley, and co-stars Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ciarán Hinds.

Set in London in the 1970s, the story follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service. The film was produced through the British company Working Title Films and financed by France's StudioCanal.

Plot

See also: Plot of the novel

British intelligence officer George Smiley comes out of retirement to uncover a Russian double agent. Agent Ricki Tarr had been sent to Istanbul to investigate a Soviet agent, Boris. He is about to return to London, when he sees Boris beating up his wife, Irina, and he starts an affair with her. Irina is also a Soviet agent and tells him of the existence of a mole, a penetration agent, within the "Circus", the headquarters of British intelligence. Tarr takes his suspicions to Oliver Lacon, the senior civil servant in charge of intelligence.

Smiley's former boss, Control, had suspected the existence of the mole and sends agent Jim Prideaux to Budapest, Hungary to meet a Hungarian general who wishes to provide information. The operation is blown and Prideaux is shot in the back and captured by Soviet intelligence. As a result Control and Smiley retire from the Circus and Percy Alleline becomes Chief, with Bill Haydon as his deputy. Their ability to deliver apparently high grade Soviet intelligence material, code named "Witchcraft", establishes their status.

Smiley's investigations, aided by Peter Guillam and retired researcher Connie Sachs, follow Control's chain of suspicions, investigating suspects code named "Tinker" (Alleline), "Tailor" (Haydon), "Soldier" (Roy Bland) and "Poorman" (Toby Esterhase). Prideaux, who has been repatriated, is interviewed at the prep school where he has taken a position as a teacher. With the aid of Tarr, Smiley lays a trap and captures the mole, who is revealed to be Haydon, at a safe-house, along with Polyakov, a Soviet intelligence officer, to whom the mole had been passing secrets, under the guise of receiving Witchcraft material. Jim Prideaux tracks his former friend Haydon down to the "Nursery" at Sarratt, the agent training and interrogation centre for the Circus, and shoots him dead. Smiley is elevated to take control of the Circus.

Variations from the novel

The scene of Operation Testify, Jim Prideaux's disastrous mission for Control, is moved from Czechoslovakia to Hungary.[2] Ricki Tarr's mission to investigate Soviet agent Boris is moved from Hong Kong to Istanbul.[2] Former agent Sam Collins, who features in the novel, is given the name of Jerry Westerby, who is another character in the novel and its sequel The Honourable Schoolboy.[3] Peter Guillam is homosexual in the film, as opposed to being heterosexual in the novel.[4] Smiley states that Karla was tortured by the Americans, an invention that is contrary to the novel. Prideaux shoots Haydon at Sarratt, rather than breaking his neck.[3]

Cast

Production

Development

The project was initiated by Peter Morgan when he wrote a draft of the screenplay which he offered to Working Title Films to produce. Morgan dropped out as the writer due to personal reasons, but still served as an executive producer.[5] Following Morgan's departure, Working Title hired Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor to redraft the script. Tomas Alfredson was confirmed to direct on 9 July 2009. The production was his first English-language film.[6][7] The film was backed financially by France's StudioCanal and had a budget corresponding to 30 million US dollars.[8]

Casting

The director cast Gary Oldman in the role of George Smiley, and described the actor as having "a great face" and "the quiet intensity and intelligence that's needed". Many actors were connected to the other roles at various points, but only days before filming started, Oldman was still the only lead actor who officially had been contracted.[9] David Thewlis was in talks for a role early on.[10] Michael Fassbender was in talks at one point to star as Ricki Tarr, but the shooting schedule conflicted with his work on X-Men: First Class. Tom Hardy was cast instead.[11] On 17 September 2010 it was confirmed that Mark Strong had joined the cast.[12][13] Jared Harris was cast but had to drop out because of scheduling conflicts with Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. He was replaced by Toby Jones.[14]

Filming

Principal photography took place between 7 October and 22 December 2010 in London, Budapest and Istanbul.[8] Blythe House in Kensington Olympia, west London, was used as the location for "The Circus."[15] Other scenes were filmed in the physics department of Imperial College London. The production reunited Alfredson with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema and editor Dino Jonsäter, with whom he had made his previous film, Let the Right One In.[16]

Release

The film premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2011.[17] StudioCanal UK distributed the film in the United Kingdom, where it was released on 16 September 2011.[18] American rights were acquired by Universal Pictures, which have a permanent first-look deal with Working Title, and passed the rights to their subsidiary Focus Features. Focus plan to give the film a wide release in the United States on 9 December 2011.[19]

Reception

Reviews for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy have shown almost unanimous critical acclaim.[20][21] As of 22 September 2011, the film held a 97% approval rating from 38 reviews at review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.[21] Detractors of the film included Peter Hitchens of The Mail on Sunday, who claimed that the plot would be too baffling for viewers who had not read the book, stating that the film-makers had "needlessly messed it up",[3] and Roger Lewis, writing in The Times, described the film as "absolutely terrible".[22]

References

  1. ^ UK Film Council - UK Box Office: 16 - 18 September 2011
  2. ^ a b French, Philip (17 September 2011). "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – review | Film | The Observer". The Guardian. London: GMG. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Peter Hitchens (21 September 2011). "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Travesty". The Mail On Sunday. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  4. ^ Palmer, Martyn (13 July 2011). "Benedict Cumberbatch on fulfilling his acting dream". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  5. ^ Radish, Christina (14 October 2010). "Screenwriter Peter Morgan Exclusive Interview". Collider.com. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
  6. ^ Tomas Alfredson To Direct Tinker, Tailor | Movie News | Empire
  7. ^ Tomas Alfredson to direct Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy | News | Screen
  8. ^ a b "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". Screenbase.com. Screen International. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  9. ^ Hoskin, Peter; Mason, Simon (23 October 2010). "Interview - Tomas Alfredson: outside the frame". The Spectator. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  10. ^ Cast Confirmed For Tinker, Tailor | Movie News | Empire
  11. ^ Tom Hardy Replaces Michael Fassbender in TINKER, TAILOR, SOLIDER, SPY
  12. ^ Mark Strong Lands a Role in 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Film | FirstShowing.net
  13. ^ The Playlist: Mark Strong Joins 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'; Film Will Retain Cold War Setting
  14. ^ Goldberg, Matt (22 October 2010). "Jones Replaces Harris in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Hurt, Graham, Lloyd-Pack, Dencik, and Burke Join Cast". Collider.com. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  15. ^ "Film London - September 2011 - Blythe House". Film London. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  16. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (7 December 2010). "Alfredson shoots 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'". Cineuropa.org. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  17. ^ "Venezia 68: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Tomas Alfredson". labiennale.org. Venice Biennale. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
  18. ^ "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy". Screenrush.co.uk. Tiger Global. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  19. ^ Brevet, Brad (29 August 2011). "Ugh, No 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' Until December". Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  20. ^ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Reviews: What The Critics Are Saying
  21. ^ a b http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tinker_tailor_soldier_spy/
  22. ^ Roger Lewis (20 September 2011). "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, review". The Times. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

External links

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