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Last movie you saw?

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ORD_Buckeye;994334; said:
On DVD, however, I've been working my way through all 12 hours of the BBC productions of Le Carre's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" and "Smiley's People" which are absolutely fucking genius. Alec Guinness is a worthy fucking adversary, Dude. As is LeCarre, who could write a better spy novel with nothing more than a manual typewriter and a nasty gin hangover than some fucking wanna-be, barely literate amateur like Tom Clancy.
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Easily the best spy miniseries ever made (and England has made a heck of a lot of 'em). All the supporting actors are so true to the books' characters, and of course Guinness is perfect as George Smiley. I thought TTSS was the more compelling of the two series, but the SP finale with Smiley and Karla is the ultimate LeCarre moment.

There's also a BBC miniseries of my favorite LeCarre book, "A Perfect Spy"--it's good but obviously not as great as those.
 
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sears3820;1001203; said:
Wasn't it based on a true story?

Not much Hollywood can do to change history.
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I believe it was and not saying they need to change history. If you saw the movie, then you would understand.
 
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