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{{quote| '''Ricki Tarr''': [[Defector From Commie Land|She]] claimed to have information vital to the safeguarding of [[Secret Intelligence Service|the Circus]].<br />
'''George Smiley''': Anything more?<br />
'''Ricki Tarr''': I said that she had information concerning a [[Double Agent
'''''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy''''' is an espionage thriller directed by [[Let the Right One In|Tomas Alfredson]] and adapted from the [[John Le Carre]] novel of the same name, the first in [[The Quest for Karla]] trilogy. The film was released in September, 2011.
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Set in the 1970s, George Smiley ([[Gary Oldman]]), once a master spy for "[[Secret Intelligence Service|the Circus]]" who is [[Mandatory Unretirement|pulled out of retirement by his former colleague Peter Guillam for one last job]]: rooting out a Russian mole from [[Mole in Charge|among the upper echelon of the Circus' leadership]]. To do so, Smiley must dig into some of the most dramatic incidents in recent Circus history: the tale of AWOL spy Ricki Tarr ([[Tom Hardy]]), the ousting of former chief "Control" ([[John Hurt]]), the leadership coup that put Percy Alleline (Toby Jones) in the top job, a botched operation in Hungary that resulted in the public wounding and capture of Jim Prideaux ([[Mark Strong]]), a covert intelligence source code-named "Witchcraft", and even the persistent rumours that Circus officer Bill Haydon ([[Colin Firth]]) has been having an affair with Smiley's wife. All this leads to a wider conspiracy that Smiley must unravel before the Russian spymaster known as Karla uses it to destroy the Circus.
The film has been a financial success and a critical darling, garnering a slew of nods from the [[BAFTA|BAFTAs]] and the British Independent Film Awards. [[Gary Oldman]] received his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor, and the adapted screenplay and original score are nominated as well. Both Gary Oldman and Tomas Alfredson have expressed a willingness to return for a sequel based on ''Smiley's People'', the third book in Le Carre's [[The Quest for Karla]] trilogy <ref>the [[The Quest for Karla (TV series)|1980s miniseries]] also skipped over the second book, ''The Honourable Schoolboy'', which would require some expensive location filming</ref>.
The page for the original novel (and the rest of the trilogy) can be found [[The Quest for Karla|here]]; the BBC miniseries starring [[Alec Guinness]] as George Smiley are [[The Quest for Karla (TV series)|here]].
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* [[Creator Cameo]]: John Le Carré appears as a sozzled spy at the Christmas party scene.
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Prideaux is subjected to it. {{spoiler|Irina clearly was too by the looks of her when she was brought in.}}
* [[Death
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Fawn, who does not even merit an introduction in this version.
* [[Dyeing for Your Art]]: Oldman's hair (lighter) and waistline (heavier).
** [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] as well - Guillam's hair is blonde, while Mr. Cumberbatch is naturally a ginger.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Early in the film Smiley is riding in a car with the others, who all try ineffectively to swat a bee, while Smiley simply watches its movement and winds down the window at exactly the right time to allow it to escape. This foreshadows his technique of finding the mole not through brute force but by clever entrapment.
* [[Face Death
* [[The Faceless]]: Karla and Ann Smiley.
* [[Fly Crazy]]: In Smiley's car. A bit of [[Foreshadowing]] in that the other characters ineffectively swat at it while Smiley just watches it and opens his window at just the right moment so it leaves--suggesting how his method of finding the mole differs from others'.
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* [[Reluctant Retiree]]: Smiley, before his [[Mandatory Unretirement]].
* [[Right Behind Me]]: Twice. First time, Peter Guillam is just about to escape the Circus after grabbing some secret files for Smiley, only for Roy Bland to appear right behind him in the same lift. The second, Toby Esterhase himself is leaving, as the lift door opens to reveal Peter waiting for him.
* [[Role Association]]: [[
* [[The Seventies]]: The film revels in the time period.
* [[Slashed Throat]]: How {{spoiler|Tufty Thesinger}} meets {{spoiler|his}} [[Death
* [[Spy Couple]]: Irina and Boris posing as married trade delegates.
* [[Spy Fiction]]
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* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: One noted comment on the film is how complicated the plot becomes at times, with some reviewers even joking that you may need to bring along a notebook to keep up with all of the plotlines and characters.
* [[The Watson]]: Peter Guillam.
** [[Benedict Cumberbatch|Which is kind of funny]] [[Sherlock
* [[What Could Have Been]]: ''[[
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: Ann Smiley. Averted in the case of Ricki Tarr, whose daughter and common-law wife don't exist in this adaptation.
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