Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
British theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tomas Alfredson
Written by	Bridget O'Connor Peter Straughan
Based on	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Robyn Slovo Peter Morgan
Starring	Gary Oldman Kathy Burke Benedict Cumberbatch David Dencik Colin Firth Stephen Graham Tom Hardy Ciarán Hinds John Hurt Toby Jones Simon McBurney Mark Strong
Cinematography	Hoyte van Hoytema
Edited by	Dino Jonsäter
Music by	Alberto Iglesias
Production companies	StudioCanal Karla Films Paradis Films Kinowelt Filmproduktion Working Title Films
Distributed by	StudioCanal
Release dates	5 September 2011 (2011-09-05) (Venice) 16 September 2011 (2011-09-16) (United Kingdom) 2 February 2012 (2012-02-02) (Germany) 8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) (France)
Running time	127 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom[1] France[1] Germany[1]
Language	English
Budget	$21 million
Box office	$81.2 million[2]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Cold War spy film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The screenplay was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, based on John le Carré's 1974 novel of the same name. The film stars an ensemble cast including Gary Oldman as George Smiley, with Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, David Dencik and Kathy Burke. It is set in London in the early 1970s and 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. A critical and commercial success, it was the highest-grossing film at the British box office for three consecutive weeks. It won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. The film also received three Oscar nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and for Oldman, Best Actor.

The novel had previously been adapted into the award-winning 1979 BBC television series of the same name with Alec Guinness playing the lead role of Smiley.