John le Carré's Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
(DVD)
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Published
Silver Spring, Md. : Acorn Media, [2002].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 108 min. each) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
Silver Spring, Md. : Acorn Media, [2002].
Language
English
UPC
054961526291
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel by John Le Carre; dramatized by Arthur Hopcraft.
General Note
Originally released as a miniseries in 1980.
General Note
Special features: Digitally remastered, interview with John le Carré, production notes, cast filmographies, and le Carré biography and booklist.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Tony Pierce Roberts ; film editor, Chris Wimble ; music, Geoffrey Burgon.
Participants/Performers
Alec Guinness (George Smiley), Ian Richardson, Michael Aldridge, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, and Anthony Bate.
Description
Some say George Smiley is in innocent retirement. Others say he was sacked after the Czech scandal. But all agree that nobody ever leaves the 'Circus' without some unfinished business. Brought out of retirement to trace an enemy infiltrator in the department where he was once the prize employee, the shy and retiring master of espionage moves forwards to investigate and finds himself going backwards over very old ground.
System Details
DVD format, Dolby digital.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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