So, it seems it’s how it looks like when the DVD+BR comes out in the U.S. market.

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The wide release of TTSS  in the U.S. is on Jan. 6, 2012. If anyone is interested in watching its TV spot, it’s here. The scenes they picked and the editing of the TV spot makes Peter Guillam look like a badass in the movie. LoL~

BTW, the TV spot can also be found on its website, which also contains the other new TV spot re Critic’s Pick and a featurette re Ensemble Cast. I suppose some people have checked them out; just in case some haven’t.

Casting Standout: ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’

By Dany Margolies  November 28, 2011

Excerpt:

“Who better than Gary Oldman could create the unlikely hero? Oldman is the actor who can keep roiling emotions under tight wraps, who can make endlessly fascinating the stillness that forms the spine of the plodding George Smiley. Layer in that Smiley is quietly and deeply taking personally the betrayal of himself, of the Circus, and of the West, and Oldman again springs to mind to fit the intellectual and emotional bill.

At Smiley’s side every step of this journey is young Peter Guillam—who could grow up to be Bond but meanwhile learns at the foot of the taciturn master. The bright, cool cookie Guillam is assayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, who burns the screen with piercing intelligence and a touch of gentility, and who stands strong against the best of British acting vets. Oh, what vets!The translucent John Hurt plays the man known only as Control—the ailing, pained, kicked-in-the-gut former head of the Circus. Mark Strong is menacingly strong indeed as British spy Jim Prideaux, physically and emotionally crippled by the mole’s betrayal of him. The intensely masculine Ciarán Hinds is Roy Bland, the lumbering, workmanlike, chain-smoking head of the Eastern Bloc spies. “

The article addressed the casting process re the main actors and characters; the full article can be found here.

marielikestodraw:

PLEASE, Let’s try to keep the comments/replies/reblogs spoilers-free, for the sake of the people who don’t want to know anything, or don’t want to see a spoilery reblog on their dash. Thanks a lot :)

AND ITS FUCKIN BACK. Tumblr fuckery shall not be the master of me. Google cache trickery and crazy shit later, my review is BACK, in it’s entirety. Holy Batman on a vespa, sorry about that.

REVIEW:

What a glorious, glorious movie.

Everything, from the direction to the acting, the photography, the music, the atmosphere, it’s just right, it’s the kind of movies we don’t see anymore, the kind of movies that are so well crafted that you can only stare in awe and think “this is so good, so bloody good, why does it only happen once in a while?”. The slow pace is daring,  because making a film with barely any action today would probably feels like a suicide for many production studios, but Colin Firth said it in Venice, the audience is smarter than that, they want clever movies, they want movies about people that feel true and honest and believable.

(Long review with spoilers and terrible English (LOL, I’m tired), follow the cut…)

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miurt:

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy cast interviews for The Telegraph

with an interesting hint (again ;-)) of casting Benedict as Smiley’s Dr. Watson, Peter Guillam and praise on the ensemble cast:

“Now, at last, we have one. Tomas Alfredson’s brilliant adaptation of John le Carre’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy novel succeeds on pretty much every level, but the first thing that we must be thankful for is that it rehabilitates one of the greatest British actors of the past quarter century. As George Smiley – the frighteningly controlled, breathtakingly ordinary, middle-aged spy – Oldman underplays as effectively and captivatingly as he hammed it up two decades ago. With silver hair, thick-rimmed glasses, and a brilliant, analytical mind, his Smiley is as much great detective as he is super-spy – a feeling reinforced by the casting of Benedict Cumberbatch as his Dr Watson, Peter Guillam, and the unseen presence of Karla, his Russian nemesis and Dr Moriarty.”

“It’s [Gary Oldman’s] a subtle performance, almost too subtle for those who want moments of Big Acting to win awards, although there are a couple of moments –a  monologue about the sole time that he met Karla, and the electrifying second when he finally loses his temper – that are about as strong as anything you’ll see in a male performance on screen this year.”

“As you will have gathered from the cast list, this is a very, very classy piece of work. With the odd exception of Hinds, who has very little to do (presumably because most of his scenes were cut), everyone here, often cast against type, rises to the occasion spectacularly. Cumberbatch and Hardy are both deeply affecting as two young men who find their personal and professional lives intersecting to ghastly effect, while Mark Strong proves that there’s a huge amount more to him than baddie-of-the-week as Prideaux. The likes of Jones, Hurt and Firth are all dependably excellent….”

miurt:

Sir Paul Smith has designed a series of four silk-screen posters to celebrate new movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, released later this month. The posters (which come in editions of 50 and are signed by Smith) will be sold for £100 each, with all profits going to Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.

Smith collaborated with film’s director, Tomas Alfredson, in the early development stages of the movie, offering his insights on 1970s London. He advised on the mood, colour and photographic approach to take.

edit: one more through the link but it’s very spoilery.

miurt:

(are we big enough to be considered a fandom yet?)

Venice Film Festival details

• Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, John Hurt and director Tomas Alfredson will be at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of the film - press conference and red carpet on 5th September.
• No sign yet that the rest of…