Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Plain Archive Exclusive No.18) [Korea]

[teddyjun]

Release date: July 4, 2016
Purchase links:
Quadruple Pack (+Bonus : Collector's Kit)
Triple Pack (+Bonus : Collector's Kit)
Type A version (400 copies only for International Customers)
Type B version (300 copies only for International Customers)
Type C version (350 copies only for International Customers)
1/4 Slip cover version (130 copies only for international customers)
Price: $132.49 | $99.99 | $34.89 | $33.89 * Discounted Price during 1st 24 hours
Notes: Steelbook & Package Design by Krzysztof Domarazdki, Jonathan Burton - Steelbook Made in Denmark
TTSS Collector's Kit is only for Triple pack gift - 4x PA's exclusive illust post cards(Size : 210x148mm), 10x Character's cards, 1x A3 original poster, 2x Stickers.

Type A | Type B | Type C

1/4 Slip version - 500 Limited print run

TTSS Collector's Kit

Spoiler: Collector's Kit detail

 

[harry]

Love that beeswax seal! This is looking good.

Yep , can not wait to order it next week

 

[Sigill]

Yep , can not wait to order it next week

Me too buddy! I just hope the pre-order time isn't too early!

 

[AlexMacOl]

Type A looks very good! Anxious to buy it. And already waiting news from PA about A Most Wanted Man and Sicario.

 

[watkinson]

 

[harry]

@spass @PunkNinja @Mickle_89 @Sigill @Hatori @dan8885 @luke98 @rj531

 

[Sigill]

Thanks @harry! Looks awesome!

 

[PunkNinja]

This will be the first time that I'll pass on a Plain Archive exclusive.

 

[usedtobe]

longing for more details

 

[tha_lunatic]

I'll buy type a
but type c looks great too.

 

[Hatori]

Thanks for the tag @harry

At the moment I'm not sure if I like the steel or not.

 

[TobinFrost]

also undecided

 

[tha_lunatic]

At the moment I'm not sure if I like the steel or not.

this steelbook is a beauty!

 

[dan8885]

@spass @PunkNinja @Mickle_89 @Sigill @Hatori @dan8885 @luke98 @rj531

Thanks for the tag @harry

I like the artwork of the steel but I'll only buy when there's a 1/4 Slip. If not I'll probably pass.

 

[nafosb]

I don't know right now if I'm getting this. It bothers me that in the steelbook artwork Gary Oldman looks more like Charles Nelson Reilly than Gary Oldman.

 

[Danzigg1979]

When you buy a PA title is there a GB or do you order direct, or both. Never bought a PA title before so this may be my first.

 

[harry]

When you buy a PA title is there a GB or do you order direct, or both. Never bought a PA title before so this may be my first.

There is no gb. You can order direct and the servers are perfect.

 

[C.C. 95]

I wonder if there is any chance the same crew would do SMILEY'S PEOPLE?

 

[augustus]

I wonder if there is any chance the same crew would do SMILEY'S PEOPLE?

@C.C. 95

It's generally forgotten that "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Smiley's People" are respectively the first and third novels in an actual trilogy by John le Carre. The second novel, "The Honourable Schoolboy", was inexplicably missed out when the BBC did their TV adaptations (1979 & 1982), with the result that most people assume that "Smiley's People" is a direct sequel to "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" when, in fact, it isn't.

In 2012, Eric Fellner of Working Title Films, stated that the same team who had given us "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", Tim Bevan (producer), Peter Straughan (script writer) and Tomas Alfredson (director), were working on a sequel, although it wasn't stated at the time which of the two sequels it would be. Gary Oldman was also on board to reprise the role of Smiley.

Nothing further was heard until 2014 when Gary Oldman stated that the project had been shelved, although he personally hoped that it would eventually see the light of day. He also revealed that it had been "Smiley's People" which had been developed as a sequel, again repeating the earlier omission of the second work, "The Honourable Schoolboy".

Although no official reason has been given for that decision, I would assume that the relatively poor showing of 'TTSS' in the US, vis-a-vis the rest of the world, was a major consideration.

I'm a great admirer of the works of John le Carre, on both page and screen, and have been since my teens. I'd be the first to admit, however, that in both style and substance, his works are quintessentially British, a factor which would make his stories somewhat alien to average US audiences, used to the more fanciful, action filled spy films of Ian Fleming's James Bond and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne.

Also, le Carre's novels tend to be densely plotted, requiring that the reader actually thinks about what is going on, a quality which also affects their respective screen adaptations. The original BBC TV series of 'TTSS' consisted of 7 episodes, each of 45 minutes. Streamlining that story into a 127 minute movie, made it essential that anyone not familiar with the original novel or the TV series, would need to concentrate on what was being said and depicted on the screen in front of them. Sadly, modern audiences seem to prefer effects laden extravaganzas where everything is presented to them on a plate.

Fortunately, there is still a market for John le Carre who, in spite of being in his mid-80s, is still writing novels, and those novels are still being adapted for the screen. Although the finest of the movie adaptations are the Cold War ones, "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" (1965), "The Looking Glass War" (1969) and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011), le Carre has successfully modified his distinctive style to tackle the problems of the post Cold War world, as evidenced by the recent movie adaptations of "The Constant Gardener" (2005), "A Most Wanted Man" (2014) and "Our Kind of Traitor" (2016), not to forget the new BBC TV series "The Night Manager" (2016).

There is, therefore, hope that the screen adaptation of "Smiley's People" from the same team, may eventually happen.

I'm glad that PA have announced that both "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "A Most Wanted Man" will be getting special editions, and I live in hope that some of the other le Carre film adaptations will also follow.

 

[C.C. 95]

@C.C. 95

It's generally forgotten that "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Smiley's People" are respectively the first and third novels in an actual trilogy by John le Carre. The second novel, "The Honourable Schoolboy", was inexplicably missed out when the BBC did their TV adaptations (1979 & 1982), with the result that most people assume that "Smiley's People" is a direct sequel to "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" when, in fact, it isn't.

In 2012, Eric Fellner of Working Title Films, stated that the same team who had given us "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy", Tim Bevan (producer), Peter Straughan (script writer) and Tomas Alfredson (director), were working on a sequel, although it wasn't stated at the time which of the two sequels it would be. Gary Oldman was also on board to reprise the role of Smiley.

Nothing further was heard until 2014 when Gary Oldman stated that the project had been shelved, although he personally hoped that it would eventually see the light of day. He also revealed that it had been "Smiley's People" which had been developed as a sequel, again repeating the earlier omission of the second work, "The Honourable Schoolboy".

Although no official reason has been given for that decision, I would assume that the relatively poor showing of 'TTSS' in the US, vis-a-vis the rest of the world, was a major consideration.

I'm a great admirer of the works of John le Carre, on both page and screen, and have been since my teens. I'd be the first to admit, however, that in both style and substance, his works are quintessentially British, a factor which would make his stories somewhat alien to average US audiences, used to the more fanciful, action filled spy films of Ian Fleming's James Bond and Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne.

Also, le Carre's novels tend to be densely plotted, requiring that the reader actually thinks about what is going on, a quality which also affects their respective screen adaptations. The original BBC TV series of 'TTSS' consisted of 7 episodes, each of 45 minutes. Streamlining that story into a 127 minute movie, made it essential that anyone not familiar with the original novel or the TV series, would need to concentrate on what was being said and depicted on the screen in front of them. Sadly, modern audiences seem to prefer effects laden extravaganzas where everything is presented to them on a plate.

Fortunately, there is still a market for John le Carre who, in spite of being in his mid-80s, is still writing novels, and those novels are still being adapted for the screen. Although the finest of the movie adaptations are the Cold War ones, "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" (1965), "The Looking Glass War" (1969) and "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" (2011), le Carre has successfully modified his distinctive style to tackle the problems of the post Cold War world, as evidenced by the recent movie adaptations of "The Constant Gardener" (2005), "A Most Wanted Man" (2014) and "Our Kind of Traitor" (2016), not to forget the new BBC TV series "The Night Manager" (2016).

There is, therefore, hope that the screen adaptation of "Smiley's People" from the same team, may eventually happen.

I'm glad that PA have announced that both "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "A Most Wanted Man" will be getting special editions, and I live in hope that some of the other le Carre film adaptations will also follow.

Our Kind of Traitor looks great! I have yet to see Night Manager. And I was lucky that I grew up with BBC productions on PBS and saw the Original TTSS back when it first aired. I was all set to be mad at the new film (even though I love Gary Oldman) because it was trying to cram the story into movie sized film. I was delightfully surprised. I think it is a fine film, and look forward to my second PA version of TTSS!!

 

[watkinson]

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