What is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (movie)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox movie | name = Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | director = [[Tomas Alfredson]] | producer = [[Tim Bevan]]<br />[[Eric Fellner]]<br />[[Robyn Slovo]] | screenplay = [[Bridget O'Connor]]<br />[[Peter Straughan]] | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]''|[[John le Carré]]}} | starring = [[Gary Oldman]]<br />[[Colin Firth]]<br />[[Tom Hardy]]<br />[[John Hurt]]<br />[[Toby Jones]]<br />[[Mark Strong]]<br />[[Benedict Cumberbatch]]<br />[[Ciarán Hinds]] | music = [[Alberto Iglesias]] | cinematography = [[Hoyte van Hoytema]] | editing = Dino Jonsäter | studio = [[StudioCanal]]<br />[[Working Title Films]] | distributor = [[StudioCanal UK]] {{small|(UK)}}<br>[[StudioCanal]] {{small|(France)}} | released = {{Film date|df=y|2011|9|5|[[68th Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]]}} | runtime = 127 minutes | country = [[United Kingdom]]<br />[[France]] | language = English | budget = $21 million<!--the sources are in $, please do not convert to £ before finding another source--> | gross = $51,039,342 }} '''''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''''' is a 2011 [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[France|French]] [[spy]] [[movie]]. It was [[movie director|directed]] by [[Tomas Alfredson]]. The movie is based on the 1974 [[novel]] ''[[Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' by [[John le Carré]]. It is set in [[London]] in the early 1970s. The story follows the hunt for a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[double agent]] at the top of [[MI6]]. The novel had also been the basis of a 1979 [[BBC Television]] [[miniseries]] with [[Alec Guinness]] in the lead role. The 2011 movie stars [[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 supporting. It is set in London in the early 1970s. == R