hello readers just to say i remember this programme from the 80s and
enjoyed thw humour from barbara flynn and james bolan.. the copper
dominic jephcott played a blinder what a plonker (not mr jephcott)the
character he played. sooooo didnt do mr jephcott much justice.
thanks for your time
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This and Tinker Tailor were the two rare films (albeit made for TV) which actually match up to the books from which they sprang. most do not, from le Carre or other writers (think the ghastly films of Gorky Park and The Tailor of Panama).
Only a long long review can hope to properly capture the intricate and finely drawn plot, acting, photography, the lot. This is espionage and intelligence at its best: no blazing submachineguns, no flashing computer screens or wisecracking black American heads of CIA, a la Clancy on screen! Espionage for adults. (with Tinker Tailor)The best. Simply the best.
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This and Tinker Tailor were the two rare films (albeit made for TV) which actually match up to the books from which they sprang. most do not, from le Carre or other writers (think the ghastly films of Gorky Park and The Tailor of Panama).
Only a long long review can hope to properly capture the intricate and finely drawn plot, acting, photography, the lot. This is espionage and intelligence at its best: no blazing submachineguns, no flashing computer screens or wisecracking black American heads of CIA, a la Clancy on screen! Espionage for adults. (with Tinker Tailor)The best. Simply the best.
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This is essential viewing for anyone who loves good solid drama. The story is gripping and the performances spot on. Lynda La Plante gives insights into the characters in a few words that other writers would use whole scenes to convey. This means that while the pace never slackens, the characterisation never suffers. Even the incidental characters are fully formed, from the embittered policeman desperately fighting his old battles over again, to Shirley's mother, getting by in a dangerous world.
The story is told at a good pace, allowing the feeling of time passing by in a way that seems missing from a lot of modern dramas that seem to take place within a single afternoon. Lynda La Plante builds the tension superbly. Nothing is ever overstated ... Read More:
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This film deserves so much more credit for what it achieves from Huxley's original. While some of the performances are a little shakey, this film represents one of the great Oliver Reed's finest moments - he exudes power and sexuality as Grandier, and the film achieves some particularly powerful/disturbing moments in the depiction of the ergot-addled nunnery.
HOWEVER...
This film has truly been victimised by the censors and there is Still no DVD version available - surely with the garbage which the censors let through these days this film can be restored and re-released?
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