Tinker, Tailor ,Soldier ,Spy.

[dipsydoodle]

Possibly the best spy story of all time has been remade and is currently in post production pending release September 2011.

The original BBC series was , 1979 , was over 5 hours long and followed the book faithfully. No idea how much Hollywood will have edited out to condense it. If you can beg , steal or borrow a copy of the BBC series with Alec Guiness as George Smiley then I'd recommend that. Used copies of the DVD are buttons here in the UK but our PAL Region 2 dvds are generally unplayable in the US. Prices on Amazon.com over your side are not funny.

On the bright side some hero looks to have loaded it all onto YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tinker+tailor+soldier+spy+part+1&aq=2&oq=tinker+tailor

Just follow the pattern of part numbers and enjoy !

edit to add - partial cast list of new film : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1340800/

[ananda]

1. I own all the Smiley dvd's. Those shows are so fucking excellent!

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[Turbineguy]

4. +1

[DCBob]

2. Yes, TTSS was superb on all levels..

I had not heard about the remake.. I suspect we will be disappointed. You cannot improve on that wonderful original production.

[dipsydoodle]

3. Probably be ok

Gary Oldmam plays Smiley and he can be very dry. I'm sure Tom Hardy will be good as Ricky Tarr - good actor that guy.

The 2011 remake most likely to get completely ef'd up is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo :
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/ I've got all three dvds of the Millenium Trilogy and they are awful if watched with soundtrack dubbed into English but just great as is in Swedish with English subtitles.

[DCBob]

5. Ok, sounds good. I will check it out...

thanks for the heads up on this.

[ceile]

6. I have it in my Netflix queue

Should move it to the top I guess.
The cast for the remake looks great. Love Tom Hardy and the Russian actor...