GERMANY: A cerebral adaptation of John Le Carre's 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' premieres in Berlin, with newly Oscar nominated actor Gary Oldman on the red carpet

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  • Title: GERMANY: A cerebral adaptation of John Le Carre's 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' premieres in Berlin, with newly Oscar nominated actor Gary Oldman on the red carpet
  • Date: 25th January 2012
  • Summary: BERLIN, GERMANY (JANUARY 24, 2012) (REUTERS) ( ** BEWARE FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **) EXTERIOR OF RED CARPET VENUE FOR TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY POSTER FOR TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY WIDE OF RED CARPET ACTOR AND NOMINEE FOR BEST ACTOR OSCAR IN 'TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY,' GARY OLDMAN, SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS ON RED CARPET PHOTOGRAPHER VARIOUS OF OLDMAN, FILM DIRECTOR, TOMAS ALFREDSON AND PRODUCER ROBYN SLOVO ON RED CARPET CLOSE OF OLDMAN SHADOWS ON WALL FROM CAMERAS CLOSE OF ALFREDSON MEDIA VARIOUS OF ALFREDSON TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) 'TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY,' DIRECTOR, TOMAS ALFREDSON, SAYING: "Yes, he was very present. We had a wonderful deal where he said, you can call me whenever you want and ask me about things but I won't call you and interfere, which was great. A dream for a movie maker." VARIOUS OF OLDMAN AND HIS WIFE ON RED CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) 'TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY,' DIRECTOR, TOMAS ALFREDSON, SAYING: "Well, it's not the thrilling parts that was the most important to me, it was like the - it is a very passionate and sensitive portrait of the soldiers of the Cold War rather than the tradition spy thriller I would say." VARIOUS OF OLDMAN TALKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND NOMINEE FOR BEST ACTOR OSCAR IN 'TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY,' GARY OLDMAN, SAYING: "It feels very good and like I said, my manager came in all excited, with I think, I think there were tears in his eyes. I think he was a little watery-eyed when he came in and was thrilled and said: you are an Oscar nominee, which is.. I never heard those words before so it is quite thrilling." CAMERA FILMING (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND NOMINEE FOR BEST ACTOR OSCAR IN 'TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY,' GARY OLDMAN, SAYING: "Pretty amazing! it is the sort of top-of-the-pop-of-the-most, the Oscar. So, you know. We are very happy!" VARIOUS OF OLDMAN GIVING AUTOGRAPHS
  • Embargoed: 9th February 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Germany, Germany
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA4UXS1R5C5UZS9D7YHG4EZXTOQ
  • Story Text: The film adaptation of John Le Carre's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy had its German premiere on Tuesday (January 24) with freshly Oscar nominated Gary Oldman still buzzing from the news.
    The film, set in the Cold War era of the 1970s, is a slow-paced and gripping tale of the character George Smiley, who is brought out of retirement by The Circus - an in house name for the British Intelligence Services, MI6, to hunt down a mole in the highest echelons of the organisation.
    Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy's most famous adaptation to date has probably been the BBC's 1979 mini series, which cast Alec Guinness as George Smiley. It was even said that Le Carre was so impressed he absorbed Guinness's portrayal of Smiley into his later books with the character.
    Asked if author of the original novel, Le Carre, had been involved in the film, Swedish director, Tomas Alfredson, said it had been a 'dream' collaboration.
    "Yes, he was very present. We had a wonderful deal where he said, you can call me whenever you want and ask me about things but I won't call you and interfere, which was great. A dream for a movie maker," Alfredson said from the red carpet in Berlin.
    On the back of recent spy franchises like the Bourne trilogy and the latest James Bonds, Tinker, Tailor seems to glide slowly past, capturing the silences of the Cold War, eschewing fast paced action scenes.
    "Well, it's not the thrilling parts that was the most important to me, it was like the - it is a very passionate and sensitive portrait of the soldiers of the Cold War rather than the traditional spy thriller I would say," Anderson said, adding he was delighted with the film's three Oscar nominations for best actor, screenplay and original score.
    British actor, Oldman, who plays a mild-mannered but steely spy hunter in the film received his first ever Oscar nomination on the day of the Berlin premiere.
    "It feels very good and like I said, my manager came in all excited, with I think, I think there were tears in his eyes. I think he was a little watery-eyed when he came in and was thrilled and said: you are an Oscar nominee, which is.. I never heard those words before so it is quite thrilling," Oldman said.
    "Pretty amazing! it is the sort of top-of-the-pop-of-the-most, the Oscar. So, you know. We are very happy!" he added.
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