Oscar special: Gary Oldman excels in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Gary Oldman in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gary Oldman’s performance in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a thing of beauty. As British intelligence officer George Smiley he speaks his first words 17 minutes after the film begins.By then, though, you know almost everything there is to know about Smiley. That quality of acting, where a twitch of the jaw muscle or a baleful glance tells you more than a thousand lines of dialogue ever could, one would presume, is the toughest act to pull off in front

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