| Description |
3 videodiscs (approximately 5 hrs., 24 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD format ; Dolby digital. |
| Performer |
Alec Guinness as George Smiley, with Eileen Atkins, Anthony Bate, Bernard Hepton, Michael Lonsdale, Beryl Reid, Patrick Stewart, and Bill Paterson. |
| Credits |
Producer, Jonathan Powell ; director, Simon Langton. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by John Le Carré ; sequel to his Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy. |
| Event |
Produced by BBC television in 1994. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The bespectacled spymaster is once more called from retirement to come to the aid of the 'Circus'--and he returns with a vengeance. The murder of an emigre Soviet General who was also a British agent, sends him digging into the past on a twisted trail across Europe that moves, inexorably, towards a final showdown with his old adversary, Karla of Moscow Centre. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Episodes 1-2 (ca. 108 min.) -- Disc 2. Episodes 3-4 (ca. 108 min.) -- Disc 3. Episodes 5-6 (ca. 108 min.). |
| Note |
DVD special features: digitally remastered presentation ; interview with John Le Carré ; production notes ; cast filmographies ; Le Carré biography and booklist ; insert with glossary of characters and terms. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Spies -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television adaptations.
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Television mini-series -- Great Britain.
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Spy television programs -- Great Britain.
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| Added Author |
Langton, Simon.
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Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
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Atkins, Eileen, 1934-
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Bate, Anthony.
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Hepton, Bernard.
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Stewart, Patrick, 1940-
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Le Carré, John, 1931-2020.
Smiley's people.
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Acorn Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Smiley's people |
| ISBN |
1569385955: $69.95 |
| Standard No. |
054961595594 |
| Music No. |
AMP-5955 Acorn Media |
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