Spy Game

[13_pines]

Okay, I lied: my previous entry wasn't my last movie post of the year. This one is. Probably.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979 BBC miniseries)
Screenplay by: Arthur Hopcraft (based on the novel by John le Carre)
Directed by: John Irvin
Starring: Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Bernard Hepton, Ian Bannen, Hywel Bennett, Anthony Bate,

Comments

[amycurl]

So glad that you liked it! The pleasure is all mine. :)

I got the newest novel for Christmas, but haven't been able to dive in yet. I'm looking forward to it!

Thanks, too, for the update on the new movie. Colin Firth as Haydon is great, as is John Hurt for Control. I think the whole thing about Haydon is for the character to work, he *has* to be likeable, despite what you end up learning about him. Colin will be perfect at that.

[13_pines]

I almost picked up the new novel at the airport bookstore last week, but I currently have three unfinished books sitting on my shelf right now, so I figured I'd better wait until I finish reading those first. Once I buy the new novel I won't want to read anything else! Let me know how you like it. I'm sure it's great.

I agree with you about Haydon -- he wouldn't have been able to pull off this decades-long deception if he didn't possess that particular personality. I think in the novel it was Peter Guillam who talked about (after Haydon was finally discovered) how everyone was so fond of him. Anyway, you're right, Colin Firth will be perfect at that! That bit of casting really excited me.