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   super70s  wrote:   
   >Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
      
   >>"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011)   
      
   >>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War spy thriller film   
   >>directed by Tomas Alfredson. The screenplay was written by Bridget   
   >>O'Connor and Peter Straughan, based on John le Carré's 1974 novel of   
   >>the same name. The film stars Gary Oldman as George Smiley, with Colin   
   >>Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict   
   >>Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik and Kathy Burke supporting. It   
   >>is set in London in the early 1970s and follows the hunt for a Soviet   
   >>double agent at the top of the British secret service.   
      
   >>Oldman is outstanding as George Smiley.  You have to be on your toes   
   >>for this one.   
      
   >A little too much boring British political discourse for me, many think   
   >it's inferior to the TV version. But yeah Oldman never disappoints.   
      
   Excellent cast but the directing is plodding. Oldman is terrific.   
      
   Aargh. The tv miniseries never turns up on tv!   
      
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