Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Anglo-French espionage film directed by Tomas Alfredson, from a screenplay written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan based on the 1974 novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré. The film stars Gary Oldman as George Smiley, and co-stars Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ciarán Hinds. Set in London in the early 1970s, the story follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service.
The film was produced through the British company Working Title Films and financed by France's StudioCanal. It premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. The film was a critical and commercial success and was the highest-grossing film at the British box office for three consecutive weeks. It received three Academy Award nominations including a Best Actor nomination for Oldman.
==Synopsis==
The film follows the story of a British double agent at the top of the British secret service in 1970.
==Cast==
*Gary Oldman as George Smiley
*Colin Firth as Bill Haydon
*Tom Hardy as Ricki Tarr
*Mark Strong as Jim Prideaux
*Ciarán Hinds as Roy Bland
*Benedict Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam
*David Dencik as Toby Esterhase
*Stephen Graham as Jerry Westerby
*Simon McBurney as Oliver Lacon
*Toby Jones as Percy Alleline
*John Hurt as Control
*Svetlana Khodchenkova as Irina
*Kathy Burke as Connie Sachs
*Roger Lloyd-Pack as Mendel
*Christian McKay as Mackelvore
*Konstantin Khabenskiy as Polyakov
==Awards==
Award 	Date of ceremony 	Category 	Recipient(s) and nominee(s) 	Outcome
Academy Awards 	26 February 2012 	Best Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
Academy Awards 	26 February 2012 	
Best Adapted Screenplay 	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan 	
Academy Awards 	26 February 2012 	Best Original Score 	Alberto Iglesias 	
American Society of Cinematographers 	12 February 2012 	Best Cinematography in a Film 	Hoyte van Hoytema 	
Art Directors Guild 	4 February 2012 	Period Film 	Maria Djurkovic 	
Central Ohio Film Critics Association 	5 January 2012 	Best Cast 	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy cast 	
Empire Awards 	25 March 2012 	Best Film 	 	
Empire Awards 	25 March 2012 	Best British Film 	 	
Empire Awards 	25 March 2012 	Best Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
Empire Awards 	25 March 2012 	Best Director 	Tomas Alfredson 	
Empire Awards 	25 March 2012 	Best Thriller 	 	
Hollywood Film Festival 	 	Best Composer 	Alberto Iglesias 	
Online Film Critics Society Awards 	2 January 2012 	Best Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
Online Film Critics Society Awards 	2 January 2012 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	 	
Online Film Critics Society Awards 	2 January 2012 	Best Editing 	Dino Jonsater 	
London Film Critics Circle Award 	19 January 2012 	Best Film 	 	
London Film Critics Circle Award 	19 January 2012 	Best British Film 	 	
London Film Critics Circle Award 	19 January 2012 	Best Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
London Film Critics Circle Award 	19 January 2012 	Best British Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
London Film Critics Circle Award 	19 January 2012 	Best Screenplay 	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan 	
London Film Critics Circle Award 	19 January 2012 	Best Technical Achievement 	Maria Djurkovic 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Film 	 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Actor in a Leading Role 	Gary Oldman 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Director 	Tomas Alfredson 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Supporting Actor 	Benedict Cumberbatch 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Supporting Actrees 	Kathy Burke 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Original Score 	Alberto Iglesias 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Cinematography 	Hoyte van Hoytema 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Editing 	Dino Jonsater 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Production Design 	Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Costume Design 	Jacqueline Durran 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Sound 	Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Cast 	 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Makeup 	Felicity Bowring, Sophia Burnage 	
International Film Award 	11 February 2012 	Best Scene 	 	
British Film Bloggers Circle Awards 	21 February 2012 	Best Film 	 	
British Film Bloggers Circle Awards 	21 February 2012 	Best British Film 	 	
British Film Bloggers Circle Awards 	21 February 2012 	Best Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
British Film Bloggers Circle Awards 	21 February 2012 	Best Director 	Tomas Alfredson 	
British Film Bloggers Circle Awards 	21 February 2012 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Film 	 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Actor in a Leading Role 	Gary Oldman 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Director 	Tomas Alfredson 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Outstanding British Film 	 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Original Music 	Alberto Iglesias 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Cinematography 	Hoyte van Hoytema 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Editing 	Dino Jonsater 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Production Design 	Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Costume Design 	Jacqueline Durran 	
British Academy Film Awards 	12 February 2012 	Best Sound 	 	
Richard Attenborough Regional Film Awards 	2 February 2012 	Best British Film of the year 	 	
Richard Attenborough Regional Film Awards 	2 February 2012 	Best British Actor of the year 	Gary Oldman 	
Richard Attenborough Regional Film Awards 	2 February 2012 	Best Screenplay 	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan 	
Palm Springs International Film Festival 	15 January 2012 	Best International Star 	Gary Oldman 	
British Independent Film Awards 	4 December 2011 	Best Technical Achievement 	Maria Djurkovic 	
British Independent Film Awards 	4 December 2011 	Best British Independent Film 	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 	
British Independent Film Awards 	4 December 2011 	Best Director of a British Independent Film 	Tomas Alfredson 	
British Independent Film Awards 	4 December 2011 	Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Gary Oldman 	
British Independent Film Awards 	4 December 2011 	Best Supporting Actress 	Kathy Burke 	
British Independent Film Awards 	4 December 2011 	Best Supporting Actor 	Tom Hardy 	
British Independent Film Awards 	4 December 2011 	Best Supporting Actor 	Benedict Cumberbatch 	
Stockholm Film Festival 	20 November 2011 	FIPRESCI Award 	 	
Irish Film and Television Awards 	11th February 2012	Best International Film 	 	
Irish Film and Television Awards 	11th February 2012	Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film 	Ciarán Hinds 	
Irish Film and Television Awards 	11th February 2012	International Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
San Francisco Film Critics Circle 	25 March 2012 	Best Actor 	Gary Oldman 	
San Francisco Film Critics Circle 	25 March 2012 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan 	
Venice Film Festival 	10 September 2011 	Golden Lion 	 	
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	5 December 2011 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan 	
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