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• Absolutely fine. With its own vocabulary invented for the book - Duilawyer 07:37:32 01/14/05 (4)
  In Reply to: I have seen the most extraordinary TV series.... posted by patrickU on January 13, 2005 at 12:32:20:

  and for the show. "The Circus" for example, not a real term.
  There are SO MANY great moments, where you wonder, "What is going on???" And slowly they fill in the void. The dogs and the Germans in the beginning. What is going on here???
  How about when George Smiley tells the other guy "Watch my back. It will be just one man". So he knows who it is!!! And we don't!!!! Passable imitation, "Game, Set, Match". Another spy 6 part TV movie.
  
  

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  • Re: Absolutely fine. With its own vocabulary invented for the book - patrickU 12:59:10 01/14/05 (0)
    In Reply to: Absolutely fine. With its own vocabulary invented for the book posted by Duilawyer on January 14, 2005 at 07:37:32:

    " The Circus " because the office was near a " circus " like Picadilly Circus " and I presume that Mr. Le Carre as taken some words out of the real jargon used by the Service...
    Dogs and Russians *, forget me the precision, he-he....

    
    * That was for Victor.....
    
    
    

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  • Game, Set, Match - Ian Holm - Voltaire 11:37:08 01/14/05 (1)
    In Reply to: Absolutely fine. With its own vocabulary invented for the book posted by Duilawyer on January 14, 2005 at 07:37:32:

    His role as Bernard Samson in Game, Set, Match was where I first took notice of him. I enjoyed this series even more that the Len Deighton books because of Holm's characterization of Samson. I sure wish that the BBC would release this on DVD.
    
    

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    • Yes, this one is wonderful. - cjfrbw 00:35:19 01/15/05 (0)
      In Reply to: Game, Set, Match - Ian Holm posted by Voltaire on January 14, 2005 at 11:37:08:

      Seemed to drop off the radar after being run once. Utterly fascinating to watch. Reilly Ace of Spies also quite good, based on the real guy.
      
      

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  • "Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and Smiley - Auricle 11:35:11 01/14/05 (0)
    In Reply to: Absolutely fine. With its own vocabulary invented for the book posted by Duilawyer on January 14, 2005 at 07:37:32:

    Smiley was the agent who tried to talk Burton over the wall in the denoument. Rupert Cusack played Smiley in the movie. He had a long way to go at that time.

    le Carre wrote great stuff. For fiction. As he said about himself
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    The answer is that nothing that I write is authentic. It is the stuff of dreams, not reality. Yet I am treated by the media as though I wrote espionage handbooks. I am regarded as a sage on every spy case from the double-agent Judas to your wretched Mr. Aldrich Ames.

    And to a point I am flattered that my fabulations are taken so seriously. Yet I also despise myself in the fake role of guru, since it bears no relation to who I am or what I do. Artists, in my experience, have very little center. They fake. They are not the real thing. They are spies. I am no exception.

    
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• A BBC production I bought the series for recently - grinagog 16:11:53 01/13/05 (9)
  In Reply to: I have seen the most extraordinary TV series.... posted by patrickU on January 13, 2005 at 12:32:20:

  that also held up really well;
  Elizabeth R, Glenda Jackson
  The life story of Elizabeth the 1st, also 1970's
  The Beeb really set a standard back then, I suspect they were working to tight schedules on less than Hollywood budgets, but what a cast (!)

  A non-BBC (ITV) production that you might well enjoy if you liked "Tinker, Tailor" is the "Reilly Ace of Spies" series which stars Sam Neill and is the story of the "real" James Bond, Sidney Reilly
  This is better than anything else Sam Neill has ever done and while maybe not quite in the league of the BBC production of "Tinker" its highly entertaining

  Grins

  
  
  
  

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  • Re: A BBC production I bought the series for recently - patrickU 01:01:25 01/14/05 (5)
    In Reply to: A BBC production I bought the series for recently posted by grinagog on January 13, 2005 at 16:11:53:

    Thanks for the counsel, actually I am ready to see " Smiley´s People " what is considered the natural continuation of T.T.S.S.
    Have you seen it?
    P.
    
    

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    • Patrick, No, I watched far too many "Bad" espionage films - grinagog 01:13:21 01/14/05 (4)
      In Reply to: Re: A BBC production I bought the series for recently posted by patrickU on January 14, 2005 at 01:01:25:

      at one stage and completely ignored the genre for years until "Reilly" came along in the early 1980's
      Please post your impressions of Smileys People!

      Regards

      Grins
      
      
      

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      • Shame that Reilly (well . . . the actor) - Auricle 11:24:47 01/14/05 (1)
        In Reply to: Patrick, No, I watched far too many "Bad" espionage films posted by grinagog on January 14, 2005 at 01:13:21:

        ended up hunting large reptiles with Laura Dern. Mr. Neill has never caught on, but I quite like him.
        
        

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        • I can't imagine anyone but Sam Neill playing Reilly - grinagog 21:43:52 01/15/05 (0)
          In Reply to: Shame that Reilly (well . . . the actor) posted by Auricle on January 14, 2005 at 11:24:47:

          he is literally that good in the role

          I agree that he has been in many poor Hollywood roles and in the Jurassic Park movies he is just going through the motions (he looks bored)

          Unfortunately, many of his better films are early, quite hard to source and include;

          Sleeping Dogs (NZ production and Rodger Donaldsons 1st film), Warren Oates has a walk on role in this

          Possession, (with Isabelle Adjani), European horror filmed by the Berlin wall in 1981

          Death in Balmain, Aussie production and an unusual black comedy

          Sam Neills shines in these films, but he's never as bright a Star as in "Reilly, Ace of Spies"

          Damned shame he doesn't get better roles, he's in a lot of films

          
          Grins

          
          
          

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      • "Smiley's" is a lukewarm, tepid, rehash. Not nearly as good. - Duilawyer 07:39:02 01/14/05 (0)
        In Reply to: Patrick, No, I watched far too many "Bad" espionage films posted by grinagog on January 14, 2005 at 01:13:21:

        drawn out, boring.
        
        

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      • Re: Patrick, No, I watched far too many "Bad" espionage films - patrickU 01:26:59 01/14/05 (0)
        In Reply to: Patrick, No, I watched far too many "Bad" espionage films posted by grinagog on January 14, 2005 at 01:13:21:

        I will! Just ordered " Reilly "
        P.
        
        

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  • Reilly Ace of Spies is wonderful! - Harmonia 19:32:41 01/13/05 (2)
    In Reply to: A BBC production I bought the series for recently posted by grinagog on January 13, 2005 at 16:11:53:

    Maybe not quite as sophisticated as TTSP, but Reilly is my fave Sam Neill ever.

    And it is just coming out on DVD in US - oh happy, frabjous day!

    I recorded Tinker/Tailor when it first aired on PBS and was delighted to purchase it upon its release on DVD.

    Now...if only Middlemarch and Sargeant Cribb would make it ti NTSC DVD I would be a happy girl.
    
    

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    • Have it on LaserDisc.........nt - Rich Jura 05:50:01 01/14/05 (0)
      In Reply to: Reilly Ace of Spies is wonderful! posted by Harmonia on January 13, 2005 at 19:32:41:

      nt
      
      

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    • Coming out on DVD! That's made my day, thanks!! (nt) - grinagog 21:08:39 01/13/05 (0)
      In Reply to: Reilly Ace of Spies is wonderful! posted by Harmonia on January 13, 2005 at 19:32:41:

      Grins
      
      

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