tinkertailorsoldierstill:

CONTROL: You weren’t followed?

JIM PRIDEAUX: No.

CONTROL: Better come in. [pause] Trust no one, Jim, especially not in the mainstream. [pause] Sit down.

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.

A discussion on Peter Guillam and Ricki Tarr and performances of Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hardy, excerpted from Qt3 Movie Podcast re TTSS.

I excerpted the part in connection with Guillam and Tarr is because that’s the shortest of the discussion, which was quite in-depth and detailed and lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. (WOW!) The three guys (two loved the film and one didn’t) were laid-back and sometimes made fun of the film and characters, but I found they are true movie buffs and their thoughts on the movie and performance are spot-on. There were lengthy (and highly-praised if I may say) discussion re performances of Colin Firth, Mark Strong and in particular Gary Oldman, and it’s actually good to know why people got it and loved the film while some got it but still can’t care for it. AND SERIOUS SPOILER ALERT!!!

Oh, Tomas, you have a tendency to rest your head on others’ shoulder? Adorable. :-)

I like everyone’s smiling in this pic. Hope the film does well in the States.

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.

New Benedict’s Interview Clip for TTSS from Up-Coming Movies

It’s a great night for Benedict Fix! XD!

ETA: The site has uploaded full set of interview clips from Gary, Colin, John, Mark, Tom, producers and director for TTSS as well!

academyawardscrusade:

I can honestly say that I have never left a theater after a film and said “I have no idea what just happened”. Even Tree of Life, while a bit baffling, made sense to me. Which is why I’m having a very difficult time understanding why I feel this way about “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” but the…

For fans living in Greater Chicago Area, Cinema/Chicago will be hosting an exclusive members-only screening of TTSS on Nov. 17th at 7 pm at AMC River East 21, 322 E., Illinois.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Tomas Alfredson and Gary Oldman.

Click here for more info.