Spy Who Came In From The Cold

Rated: Unrated (Not Rated)

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: May 2003
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The spy who came in from the cold brought to the big screen.

I watched this a year before I went off to war. I cannot believe I am just now writing a review. I always wanted to visit Berlin before they took down the wall. I heard that they occasionally had “Get American Day.” Lots of big-name actors from the 60’s era; too many to name, but a few are Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, and Rupert Davies, who plays George Smiley for those that have read the book. Watch Clair Bloom again in “Shakespeare's Women & Claire Bloom” (1999). The background music, composed and conducted by Sol Kaplan, is also one of the actors and can be distracting at times. Luckily, it is not constant. Based on the Novel “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold” by the well-known writer John Le Carré. We get plots inside plots. Talk about Risqué, we almost get to see Katherine Keeton’s ankles (if it wasn’t for all those other body parts getting in the way). In the end, we are pretty much left with great speeches in the style of Ayn Rand or a Shakespeare soliloquy. Well, wrapped up, so we do not need a sequel. Not the intention of the movie, but it does capture a time and place that no longer exists: vintage cars, Pan Am, and cigarette vending machines. I watched the Criterion version, so the extras add to the experience. In 2008, John le Carré goes into depth on what they are trying to accomplish in this movie; did they succeed?