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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 entertainingGrins
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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.
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
ended up hunting large reptiles with Laura Dern. Mr. Neill has never caught on, but I quite like him.
he is literally that good in the roleI 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
drawn out, boring.
I will! Just ordered " Reilly "
P.
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.
nt
Grins
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