"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" (1979) Series de televisión

Calificación de los usuarios:

9.0/10   

Director:

John Irvin

Escritores:

John le Carré (novel) and
Arthur Hopcraft (dramatisation)

Temporadas:

1

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 septiembre 1980 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Plot:

George Smiley has been retired for about a year when he finds a friend from the circus, his old outfit...

Plot Keywords:

Spy | British Intelligence | Paris France | Investigation | KGB

Premios:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

By-the-Book

Reparto

Alec Guinness	...	George Smiley (7 episodios, 1979)
Michael Jayston	...	Peter Guillam (7 episodios, 1979)
Anthony Bate	...	Sir Oliver Lacon / ... (7 episodios, 1979)
George Sewell	...	Mendel (6 episodios, 1979)
Bernard Hepton	...	Toby Esterhase (5 episodios, 1979)
Ian Richardson	...	Bill Haydon (5 episodios, 1979)
Hywel Bennett	...	Ricki Tarr (5 episodios, 1979)
Terence Rigby	...	Roy Bland (4 episodios, 1979)
Ian Bannen	...	Jim Prideaux (4 episodios, 1979)
Michael Aldridge	...	Percy Alleline (4 episodios, 1979)
Alec Sabin	...	Fawn (4 episodios, 1979)
Alexander Knox	...	Control (3 episodios, 1979)
Duncan Jones	...	Roach (3 episodios, 1979)
Daniel Beecher	...	Spikely (3 episodios, 1979)

También conocida como:

"Calderero, sastre, soldado, espía" (Spain) [es]

Duración:

290 min | UK:350 min (7 parts)

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bywater Street, Chelsea, London, England, UK

Compañía:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivialidades:

Smiley's address is No. 9 Bywater Street, Chelsea. Scenes at his home were filmed at the real No. 10 Bywater Street.

Errores:

Personal o Equipo Visible: During the outdoor daytime scene where Smiley converses with Prideaux, they are tracked by the camera as they walk across a field. At one point, when they are nearest the camera, the shadows of some crew members are just about visible on Prideaux's coat.

Citas:

Boris: You think we Russians disapprove of comfort. You're wrong, that's the Chinese. All miserable boiler suits and the smallest comfort for the biggest number. Not for me. Boris looks after number one like any real person the wide world over.

Conexiones de Película:

Seguido por "Smiley's People" (1982)

By-the-Book

There are few movies that follow the book. There is no end to the comment, "The book was so much better." There is good reason for that with some films. "The Lord of the Rings" would have been five movies if you went "by the book". Interesting and enjoyable as that might be for Tolkien fans, it was impossible for film makers. Yet, "Tailor, Tinker, Soldier, Spy" as a movie defies that axiom.

Having read the book and seen the movie more than "several times", they still remain interconnected and indistinguishable. Yes, the book contains more detail, but may details are covered by innuendo, scene or background detail in the movie. Alec Guinness becomes Smiley so completely that his acting gives real meaning to the idea of a "character actor", even down to wiping his glasses with his tie. (you have to read the book for that one.)That is not to say, that Guinness is a robot and the movie is stiff in the name of faithfulness to the book, just the opposite.

The movie dawns the viewer in, just as the book draws in the reader, as part of the process of discovery; unraveling the mystery. As in a true "who done it" (or as one commentator put "who is it"), the viewer has no more foreknowledge than Smiley. You are introduced to all the characters, all have reasons to be the defector, all have reasons to distrust an investigation to the past, yet only one is ferreted-out.

The ending is consistent with the logic of the book and film, but, you still don't expect it. It's anti-climactic yet believable. The film, like to book, leaves one wondering how this could happen. It's thought provoking given many of the suspects comments thought-out the book/film. Both inspire thought more than resolution. The story challenges the reader/viewer to think and think well about the reasons for and purpose of spying as a whole. (The film is more English in cultural orientation, but the concept is universal, as many Americans have learned as well.)

A wonderful book transformed into visual. Great acting through-out, and you really hate all the right people....