SIS Actors

Timothy Keirnan (tim@denver.net)
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 18:16:19 -0700

>Actually two out of the three Smiley books by John LeCarre, ("Tinker,
>Tailor , Soldier, Spy" and "Smiley's People") were both made into excellent
>mini-series starring Alec Guinness. They are both well worth seeing,
>although I'm not sure if you can actually follow the plots without first
>reading the books.

Yeah, I knew those existed (and have not exactly rushed to rent them if
available because it appears they didn't do The Honourable Schoolboy as
well) but they are adaptations of a novelist's work brought to the screen.
Good old Ian created SB for tv, right? That's why it's so amazing. I don't
consider even a great mini series to be comparable to a sustained tv series
like SB in terms of praising the creators. But I will check out Guinness
as Smiley, it seems a perfect fit.

Tim