John le Carré's Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy > Disc 1, Episodes 1-2
A BBC television production in association with Paramount; produced by Jonathan Powell; [directed by John Irvin]
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Publication:
- Silver Spring, MD : Acorn Media, ©2002, ©1979
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- Summary:
- 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.
- Contributors:
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Closed-captioned.
In English. - Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy [by Le Carré, J.]
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- System Details:
- DVD, Dolby digital.
- Performers:
- Cast: Alec Guinness (George Smiley), Ian Richardson, Michael Aldridge, Joss Ackland, Ian Bannen, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston, Hywel Bennett, and Anthony Bate.
- Production Credits:
- Photography, Tony Pierce Roberts ; film editor, Chris Wimble ; music, Geoffrey Burgon; produced by Jonathan Powell; directed by John Irvin.
- General Notes:
- Based on the novel by John Le Carre; dramatized by Arthur Hopcraft.
DVD release of the 1980 miniseries.
Special features: Digitally remastered, interview with John le Carré, production notes, cast filmographies, and le Carré biography and booklist. - Audience:
- Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- JOH 1979 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 1569385262
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1053055165
55126454 [Invalid]
