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Smiley's People (1982) DVD
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The second of the BBC's well-regarded serialisations of John Le Carré's espionage bestsellers, Smiley's People is slightly less compulsively watchable than Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy if only because Tinker, Tailor had a much stronger plot premise (who is the mole in British Intelligence?) than Smiley's People, which takes a very long time to come into focus. Retired spymaster George Smiley (Alec Guinness) wanders around Europe and visits a succession of desperate or eccentric characters as he plays a game which finally leads to another confrontation with and a possible victory over his Moriarty-like Soviet arch-nemesis Karla (an expressive but silent Patrick Stewart).
Directed by Simon Langton and coscripted by John Hopkins and Le Carré this is a leisurely mystery. It offers a cannily generous central performance from Guinness, who never takes off his scarf and does his best to fade into the background while a succession of striking character players hold centre screen; but slowly and by sheer presence he begins to dominate the panoramic view of European treachery, deception, and disappointment. Among the terrific supporting cast are Michel Lonsdale, Mario Adorf, Vladek Sheybal, Michael Gough, Alan Rickman (a tiny, early role as a hotel clerk), Beryl Reid, Ingrid Pitt, Bernard Hepton, Michael Elphick, Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Byrne, Bill Paterson, and Maureen Lipman.
IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS IS A EUROPEAN REGION 2 DVD AND WILL ONLY PLAY ON MULTI-REGION DVD PLAYERS IN THE US AND CANADA. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER YOUR PLAYER IS MULTI-REGION PLEASE DO NOT BUY AS WE DO NOT GIVE REFUNDS FOR INCOMPATIBILITY.
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The second of the BBC's well-regarded serialisations of John Le Carré's espionage bestsellers, Smiley's People is slightly less compulsively watchable than Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy if only because Tinker, Tailor had a much stronger plot premise (who is the mole in British Intelligence?) than Smiley's People, which takes a very long time to come into focus. Retired spymaster George Smiley (Alec Guinness) wanders around Europe and visits a succession of desperate or eccentric characters as he plays a game which finally leads to another confrontation with and a possible victory over his Moriarty-like Soviet arch-nemesis Karla (an expressive but silent Patrick Stewart).
Directed by Simon Langton and coscripted by John Hopkins and Le Carré this is a leisurely mystery. It offers a cannily generous central performance from Guinness, who never takes off his scarf and does his best to fade into the background while a succession of striking character players hold centre screen; but slowly and by sheer presence he begins to dominate the panoramic view of European treachery, deception, and disappointment. Among the terrific supporting cast are Michel Lonsdale, Mario Adorf, Vladek Sheybal, Michael Gough, Alan Rickman (a tiny, early role as a hotel clerk), Beryl Reid, Ingrid Pitt, Bernard Hepton, Michael Elphick, Rosalie Crutchley, Michael Byrne, Bill Paterson, and Maureen Lipman.
IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS IS A EUROPEAN REGION 2 DVD AND WILL ONLY PLAY ON MULTI-REGION DVD PLAYERS IN THE US AND CANADA. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WHETHER YOUR PLAYER IS MULTI-REGION PLEASE DO NOT BUY AS WE DO NOT GIVE REFUNDS FOR INCOMPATIBILITY.
YOUR DVD WILL BE POSTED AIRMAIL ASAP. MOST ITEMS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HOURS*.
*PLEASE ALLOW UP TO 14 DAYS FOR DELIVERY.
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