Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with Alec Guinness: DVD Cover

    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Director: John Irvin Cast: Alec Guinness, Michael Aldridge, Bernard Hepton, Ian Richardson

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    • DVD Release Date: 03/23/2004
    • Original Release: 1979
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 4,690

    Viewer Rating: (8 ratings)

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    Features

    Closed Caption; Digitally remastered presentation; Exclusive interview with John Le Carré; Production notes; Cast filmographies; Le Carré biography and book list

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 -- Episodes 1-2
    1. Prologue [3:30]
    2. Mole Hunting [8:07]
    3. Over the Border [7:58]
    4. Ambushed [3:58]
    5. Beggarman [9:58]
    6. Called Up [4:21]
    7. Lateralism [10:54]
    8. End Credits [2:35]
    1. Prologue [2:01]
    2. On the Trail [10:15]
    3. Meet the Wife [5:50]
    4. Pillow Talk [7:43]
    5. Revelation [6:29]
    6. Follow the Path [5:50]
    7. Spying on Spies [13:35]
    8. End Credits [2:35]
    1. Prologue [3:30]
    2. Mole Hunting [8:07]
    3. Over the Border [7:58]
    4. Ambushed [3:58]
    5. Beggarman [9:58]
    6. Called Up [4:21]
    7. Lateralism [10:54]
    8. End Credits [2:35]
    1. Prologue [2:01]
    2. On the Trail [10:15]
    3. Meet the Wife [5:50]
    4. Pillow Talk [7:43]
    5. Revelation [6:29]
    6. Follow the Path [5:50]
    7. Spying on Spies [13:35]
    8. End Credits [2:35]
    Side #2 -- Episodes 3-4
    1. Prologue [2:41]
    2. Old School [8:57]
    3. Missing History [8:26]
    4. Witchcraft [5:49]
    5. Buying Time [11:19]
    6. Testify [6:01]
    7. Tense Meeting [8:28]
    8. End Credits [2:36]
    1. Prologue [2:45]
    2. Family Business [6:16]
    3. Karla's Past [12:17]
    4. Merlin and Mole [5:58]
    5. Training Day [8:59]
    6. Man the Boards [6:05]
    7. Losing Control [9:22]
    8. End Credits [2:36]
    1. Prologue [2:41]
    2. Old School [8:57]
    3. Missing History [8:26]
    4. Witchcraft [5:49]
    5. Buying Time [11:19]
    6. Testify [6:01]
    7. Tense Meeting [8:28]
    8. End Credits [2:36]
    1. Prologue [2:45]
    2. Family Business [6:16]
    3. Karla's Past [12:17]
    4. Merlin and Mole [5:58]
    5. Training Day [8:59]
    6. Man the Boards [6:05]
    7. Losing Control [9:22]
    8. End Credits [2:36]
    Side #3 -- Episodes 5-6
    1. Prologue [4:15]
    2. Brief Encounter [7:09]
    3. Czech Memories [9:27]
    4. Pub Tales [11:58]
    5. Missing Rhino [2:36]
    6. Gerald's Game [9:34]
    7. Interrogation [6:37]
    8. End Credits [2:35]
    1. Prologue [4:51]
    2. Under Watch [3:48]
    3. Into the Open [8:21]
    4. Uncover the Mole [6:48]
    5. An Open Eye [9:33]
    6. On the Inside [8:48]
    7. Gone to Ground [8:43]
    8. End Credits [2:36]
    1. Prologue [4:15]
    2. Brief Encounter [7:09]
    3. Czech Memories [9:27]
    4. Pub Tales [11:58]
    5. Missing Rhino [2:36]
    6. Gerald's Game [9:34]
    7. Interrogation [6:37]
    8. End Credits [2:35]
    1. Prologue [4:51]
    2. Under Watch [3:48]
    3. Into the Open [8:21]
    4. Uncover the Mole [6:48]
    5. An Open Eye [9:33]
    6. On the Inside [8:48]
    7. Gone to Ground [8:43]
    8. End Credits [2:36]

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    Editorial Reviews

    British spy George Smiley remains the most compelling character to spring from author John le Carré's fertile imagination. Yet the author himself once said that Sir Alec Guinness made Smiley his own. Produced for British television in 1979, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ranks high on the shortlist of adaptations that rise fully to the source material's challenges, thanks in no small part to Guinness. Part spy thriller, part procedural, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and its splendid sequel, Smiley's People, afford deeply intelligent and satisfying escapes into the golden age of Cold War espionage. While low on bonus materials, the DVDs remain high -- very high -- on acting, intrigue, and morality. Barnes & Noble

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    Customer Reviews

    George Smiley at his best.by Anonymous

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    August 08, 2009: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, is the hunt for the mole inside the British Secret Service. All of Le Carre's twists and turns are intact, leading to one of the great spy stories. Alec Guinness IS George Smiley, retired spy who must hunt the mole. Great acting alround.

    Excellent adaptation of the bookby Stemline

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    March 16, 2009: This is a wonderfully complex and erudite story, and, as one would expect from the cast, it is superbly acted. The clutter that usually surrounds spy stories (impossible feats of action, for example) is blessedly absent. The only problem is that the second biggest "name" is cast as the traitor, so the suspense is reduced to waiting to see how Smiley figures out who it is. One of the best spy movies ever made in my view.


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