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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Martin Ritt |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 16 December, 1965 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film Action Adventure, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Mystery / Suspense |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360650938 |
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Customer Reviews of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
Gripping Cold War Intrigue I remember when this movie was first released, a friend saw it and afterward complained bitterly about how boring it was. This was around 1965 and he was expecting something more along the lines of James Bond, Our Man Flint, Matt Helm or any of the other James Bond knockoffs going around back then. But "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" was totally different. No flashy fantasy picture here; this is stark, cold reality showing cold war espionage the way it probably really was. <
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>The movie is shot in black and white adding to the stark reality. The musical score is very subtle and low-keyed and used sparingly as the tension builds, but still manages to set the desperate mood of the story. The acting is superb; Richard Burton and Oskar Werner give outstanding performances. The final courtroom scene is one of the most powerful you'll ever see as the many facets of the mysterious Operation Rolling Stone finally start to come together. <
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>I really appreciate understatement and compactness in film and this is a good example of that. There are absolutely no wasted scenes or dialog, no throwaway gag lines and no laughs. Every minute of this serious film is vital to the story line. The audience must pay close attention. It must have been quite a challenge for director Martin Ritt to film such a complicated story, but he and the screenwriters pulled it off <
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>A blurb in my copy of the book by John LeCarre says this is one of the best spy stories ever written and I totally agree. The screenplay is generally faithful to the book. The dialog is taken almost verbatim from the book in many of the most powerful scenes, and the story itself is a masterpiece of convoluted intrigue. I've read the book and seen the movie each several times and I see different angles to the story each time. This is one of the best spy films from the cold war era that you will ever see. <
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THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
RICHARD BURTON IS TREMENDOUS IN A VERY EXCITING FILM WHICH HAS A LOT OF TWISTS AND TURNS RIGHT UP TO THE VERY END - A GREAT MOVIE
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
The finest anti-James Bond movie ever made, Ritt's adaptation of John Le Carré's novel portrays the bleak world of Cold War espionage in a decidedly realist, unromanticized fashion. Burton, in a masterful performance, portrays Leamas as a brooding, beleaguered soul who's thoroughly disgusted with his line of work, as well as the world's dueling ideologies. Excellent performances by Oskar Werner (as an East German spook) and Sam Wanamaker (as traitorous go-between Peters) add heft, while Claire Bloom brings pathos as Nan Perry, the leftie library assistant who sees beneath Leamus's alcoholic fog and world-weary veneer. Terse direction, moody cinematography, and icy plot twists keep "Cold" from freezing up.