The Establishing Shot: STUDIOCANAL PRESENTS THE UK PREMIERE OF TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

STUDIOCANAL

PRESENTS THE UK PREMIERE OF

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2011,

AT BFI SOUTHBANK, LONDON

Attended by GARY OLDMAN, COLIN FIRTH, TOM HARDY, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, JOHN HURT, DAVID DENCIK, STEPHEN GRAHAM, TOBY JONES, KONSTANTIN KHABENSKIY, ROGER LLOYD PACK, SIMON MCBURNEY, PETER MCNEIL O’CONNOR, TOMASZ KOWALSKI, Director TOMAS ALFREDSON, Screenwriter PETER STRAUGHAN and JOHN LE CARRÉ

On 13 September the cast of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY will walk the red carpet at BFI SOUTHBANK for the UK premiere of the most anticipated British film of the year.

John le Carré’s classic tale of treachery and espionage, directed by Tomas Alfredson, features a stellar cast including Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Kathy Burke, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Simon McBurney, David Dencik, Roger Lloyd Pack, Stephen Graham, Svetlana Khodchenkova, Konstantin Khabensky and Mark Strong.

The must-see big-screen version of John le Carré’s best-selling Cold War novel, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, set in the 1970s, finds George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a recently retired MI6 agent, doing his best to adjust to a life outside the secret service. However, when a disgraced agent reappears with information concerning a mole at the heart of the Circus, Smiley is drawn back into the murky field of espionage. Tasked with investigating which of
his trusted former colleagues has chosen to betray him and their country, Smiley narrows his search to four suspects - all experienced, urbane, successful agents - but past histories, rivalries and friendships make it far from easy to pinpoint the man who is eating away at the heart of the British establishment.

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY will be released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 16 September, 2011 by STUDIOCANAL

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.

Director: Tomas Alfredson
Writers: John le Carré (novel), Peter Straughan (screenplay)
Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy

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