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World Premiere - September 5, 2011 (Venice Film Festival)
London Premiere - September 13, 2011
U.K. Release - September 16, 2011
U.S. Release - November 18, 2011
Director’s Statement on the Venice Film Festival's website,
http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/lin ... inker.htmlWhen I first met John le Carré, he was very clear about his wishes regarding the film version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: ’Please don’t shoot the book or re-make the TV series. They already exist. I’m not going to interfere, but you can call me anytime if there is anything you wonder about’; I think we have obeyed him to the letter. Of course you cannot encompass every detail in a book of 349 pages at the movies, but you can take themes and strands and moments and try to describe what you see. I think we’ve made a film about loyalty and ideals – values that are extremely relevant, perhaps mostly because they are so rare these days?