AN ALL-STAR CAST LED BY OSCAR® NOMINEE GARY OLDMAN AND OSCAR® WINNER COLIN FIRTH CAPTIVATES IN THE BRILLIANT ESPIONAGE THRILLER
NOMINATED FOR THREE ACADEMY AWARDS® - BEST ACTOR,
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, AND BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY, AND BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“PERHAPS THE GREATEST SPY TALE OF OUR TIME”- KENNETH TURAN, LOS ANGELES TIMES
OVERVIEW: Things aren’t always as they seem in the Oscar®-nominated, suspenseful, and stylish thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In), based on the classic novel by John le Carré. Focus Features’ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy will be available on Blu-ray™Combo Pack with UltraViolet™,on
DVD,on Digital Download and On-Demand March 20, 2012, from Universal
Studios Home Entertainment. At the height of the Cold War, Britain’s
Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus,
has been compromised. An ever-watchful former top lieutenant and
career spy, George Smiley (Gary Oldman, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ),
is called out of retirement by the government to help identify and
track a suspected mole at the top of the agency. The list of suspects
is narrowed to five men. Even before the startling truth is revealed,
the emotional and physical tolls on the players enmeshed in the deadly
international spy game will escalate…Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is Academy Award®-nominated
for Best Actor (Gary Oldman), Best Adapted Screenplay (Bridget O’Connor
& Peter Straughan), and Best Original Score (Alberto Iglesias); and
is nominated for 11 BAFTA Awards including Best Film and Best Actor.
Also starring Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) with Benedict Cumberbatch (“Sherlock”), David Dencik (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Tom Hardy (Inception), Ciarán Hinds (The Debt), Oscar® nominee John Hurt (Midnight Express), Toby Jones (The Hunger Games), and Mark Strong (Robin Hood), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is “a pleasurably sly and involving puzzler” (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times)
and showcases “easily one of the year’s best pictures – Gary Oldman
gives a performance that is flawless in every detail.” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).
Included with the Blu-ray™ Combo Pack is an all-new UltraViolet™ copy of the film. UltraViolet™
is the revolutionary new way for consumers to collect movies and TV
shows, put them in the cloud and download and stream instantly to
computers, tablets and smartphones and soon, consumers can download to
devices of their choice too. The Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Blu-ray™ Combo Pack also includes a Digital Copy of the film which is compatible with iTunes®, iPad®, iPhone®, iPod™
touch, Android or other retail partners. So now, consumers can truly
enjoy their movies and TV shows anytime, anywhere, on the platform of
their choice!
BONUS FEATURES EXCLUSIVE TO Blu-rayTM : Unleash the power of your HDTV with perfect hi-def picture and perfect hi-def sound.
- TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY: FIRST LOOK
- DELETED SCENES
- INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR JOHN LE CARRÉ
- BD-LIVETM : Access the BD-Live™ Center through your Internet-connected player to watch the latest trailers and more!
- pocket BLUTM app: The groundbreaking pocket BLU™ app uses iPad®, iPhone®, iPod® touch, Android™, PC and Mac® to work seamlessly with a network-connected Blu-ray™ player. Plus iPad® and Android™ tablet owners can enjoy a new, enhanced edition of pocket BLU™ made especially to take advantage of the tablets’ larger screen and high resolution display. Consumers will be able to browse through a library of Blu-ray™ content and watch entertaining extras on-the-go in a way that’s bigger and better than ever before. pocket BLU™ offers advanced features such as:
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- Advanced Remote Control: A sleek, elegant new way to operate your Blu-ray™ player. Users can navigate through menus, playback and BD-Live™ functions with ease.
- Video Timeline: Users can easily bring up the video timeline, allowing them to instantly access any point in the film.
- Mobile-To-Go: Users can unlock a selection of bonus content with their Blu-ray™ discs to save to their device or to stream from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi network, enabling them to enjoy content on the go, anytime, anywhere.
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Browse Titles: Users will have access to a complete list of pocket BLU™-enabled titles available and coming to
Blu-ray™ Hi-Def. They can view free previews and see what additional content is available to unlock on their device. - Keyboard: Entering data is fast and easy with your device’s intuitive keyboard.
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uHEAR™: Never miss another line of dialogue with this innovative feature that instantly skips back a few seconds on your
Blu-ray™ disc and turns on the subtitles to highlight what you missed.
BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™ and DVD):
- INTERVIEWS WITH ACTORS GARY OLDMAN, COLIN FIRTH, TOM HARDY; DIRECTOR TOMAS ALFREDSON; AND SCREENWRITER PETER STRAUGHAN
- FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH DIRECTOR TOMAS ALFREDSON AND ACTOR GARY OLDMAN
CAST AND FILMMAKERS
Cast: Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Dencik, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong
Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Produced by: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
Screenplay by: Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan
Based on the novel by: John le Carré
Executive Producers: Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin, Olivier Courson, Ron Halpern, John le Carré, Peter Morgan, Douglas Urbanski
Co-Producer: Alexandra Ferguson
Director of Photography: Hoyte van Hoytema
Production Designer: Maria Djurkovic
Costume Designer: Jacqueline Durran
Film Editor: Dino Jonsäter
Music by: Alberto Iglesias
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