Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
George Smiley, the aging master spy of the Cold War and once heir apparent to Control, is brought back out of retirement to flush out a top level mole within the Circus. Smiley must travel back through his life and murky workings of the Circus to unravel the net spun by his nemesis Karla 'The Sandman' of the KGB and reveal the identity of the mole before he disappears. From TMDB
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60 of 320 · most liked firstSorry, I'm just catching up with all the angry posts. While you were all having a tantrum I was watching "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" with my wife and I highly recommend it. Hard to believe Gary Oldman is both Smiley and then Jackson Lamb. #Acting
positive · AI labelView post →I just finished Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and was sort of like "this is a bit overrated" until the ending destroyed me like a tragic gay nuclear bomb and i was Shaken
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished a long-overdue rewatch of the 1979 "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" adaptation with Alec Guiness. Fuck me we used to have acting, didn't we?
positive · AI labelView post →“Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” tailor = person soldier = person spy = person tinker = ??? A ‘tinker’ is an old noun meaning “a usually itinerant mender of household utensils.” The verb ‘tinker’ (to repair in an unskilled way) came from the noun.
neutral · AI labelView post →and that is… yes! blue smoke rising from the chimney! a friday night movie has been chosen…. the dads gathered in the square are hugging and crying… much rejoicing in the streets… it seems Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is back streaming on Amazon Prime…
neutral · AI labelView post →In a marker of how utterly NOW we are, Ben and I have just started watching the old 70s BBC Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy series. My god those London streets! And the clothes. And the cigarettes.
neutral · AI labelView post →Your reminder that Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a Christmas movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a great book - me, walking into work on too little sleep after staying up to finish it.
neutral · AI labelView post →rules for watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) - try to guess the age of everyone in screen - shout “78!” or similar - look cast up on IMDb - discover they are all younger than you are now
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Part Two (17th September 1979) "Well dammit, there was no reason to suppose the phone was tapped" "There was every reason"
neutral · AI labelView post →The first episode of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was originally broadcast on this day in 1979. This BBC2 screening was swiftly followed by a two part omnibus repeat on BBC1 during Christmas 1979
neutral · AI labelView post →Young men lack positive models of healthy masculinity because they haven't seen Alec Guiness's portrayal of George Smiley in the BBC adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know why George Smiley took so long to find the enemy agent in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as it is obviously the fourth one.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →A tie: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979, Alec Guiness) Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011, Gary Oldman)
neutral · AI labelView post →I started rewatching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (BBC, 1979) last night--because of @bcdreyer.social's mention of it. And this opening sequence is just wonderful in so many ways. youtu.be/ShPPjxlmp4U?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy improves every year
positive · AI labelView post →Boys only want one thing (to rewatch the 2011 adaptation of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, starring Gary Oldman as Smiley)
neutral · AI labelView post →You can watch the six-part BBC miniseries of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 1979, starring Alec Guinness, for free? www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
neutral · AI labelView post →During a PLI recording, I said that I love the 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and everyone reacted with extreme incredulity, but I DO love that movie!
positive · AI labelView post →The original Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is available now on BBC IPLAYER. Thank me later.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Miniseries. They have not invented Old TV boring enough to stop me yet.
neutral · AI labelView post →New update to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy just dropped (Forgot racist)
neutral · AI labelView post →5 perfect movies (in no particular order): -Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy -True Grit (2011) -The Apartment -Cure -The Ring
positive · AI labelView post →who would be the single human in a Muppet adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (and who would the other characters be)
neutral · AI labelView post →The first book we sold today was the Clothbound Classic edition of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: The Rusical
neutral · AI labelView post →Six Films Better Than the Books They’re Based On. > We asked The Atlantic’s writers and editors: What’s a film adaptation that’s better than the book? The article explains why they consider the movies Jurassic Park, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Devil Wears Prada, The Social Network, and Clear and Present Danger each to be better than their source material.
neutral · AI labelView post →Film - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gary Oldman Tom Hardy Colin Firth Benedict Cumberbatch
neutral · AI labelView post →“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” that was a good picture
positive · AI labelView post →French version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →I agree with these takes (although le Carré’s ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ is a great novel).
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy defeated by fucking FIGHT CLUB??
neutral · AI labelView post →Andor is basically watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but every so often a muppet shows up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Dog dad. Father to Heather and Marjorie
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
neutral · AI labelView post →Now I am gonna read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy!!!! I read some articles about Kim Philby in preparation
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, except Smiley only has to spend five minutes reading and watching TV
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey man Slow Horses is also great millenialslop. Some of us saw Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →a balanced polycule: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →The Circus Christmas party in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →The first 2 are Bill and Jim in the 2011 "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" movie. The next 2 are Bill and Jim (in that same order) in the 1979 series. Notice anything? The characters' physical appearances are almost perfectly swapped. ('new' Bill Looks the way 'old' Jim looked!) 🧵
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and Grogu
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: perfect movie, wouldn't change a thing. A very rare accolade
positive · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011, Alfredson) goated movie starring all the boys, dudes rock etc
positive · AI labelView post →Left: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Tomas Alfredson Right: Shiva Baby, Emma Seligman
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Grogu
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The Devils Under the Skin The Wicker Man Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Naked
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Part Four (1st October 1979). "I pay you honest money and you stab me in the back. I consider that extremely poor reward for keeping you alive - against the entreaties of my advisors, I may tell you."
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Part Five (8th October 1979). "It was too late for Hayden's club to be still running ticker tape, wasn't it? He was making love to Anne that night."
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy And Grogu
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy would be a great name for a polycule
neutral · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Vs Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →Varmint Coyote Hog Fox > Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
neutral · AI labelView post →Dave just finished reading Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy so we’re watching the movie so he can tell me if it makes any sense of not
neutral · AI labelView post →Just rewatched Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy again with friends. Fuckin rules
positive · AI labelView post →Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy #photography #london #streetphotography
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