As far as I'm aware shooting was completed over a year ago and there is still no official release date.
I remember reading sometime ago that the release date had been slated for April 2015, then that it had been put back to Autumn 2015, now it's December and still nothing, does the fact that the release date keeps getting put back mean there are problems with this?
May 6th, 2016 is the release date listed for the UK. Nothing yet for the states.
They basically don't think American audiences will care for this.
shareI wonder why they think American audiences wouldn’t care for it? I’ve been reading and mostly loving the book. (there’s a midsection where LeCarre gets a bit too deep in the weeds for me) Beyond that the story is exciting, and the casting even more so, with Ewan McGregor as Perry, Damian Lewis as Hector (not the long haired dotty type that LeCarré wrote but I think he’ll be wonderful), Stellan Skarsgård as Dima and especially with Naomie Harris as the gorgeous male-magnet Gail!
I haven’t finished the book yet, but I’ve shared a look at the characters as written by LeCarré on my website: http://bit.ly/1ppUg42
All I know is that this member of the American audience would in fact, care for it.
I suppose we’ll get it eventually on netflix, amazon, hulu etc? I’d love to see it in a theater though.
My point is that because all that's behind it it shouldn't even be stuck on the shelf, it should have come out about a year ago. Why can't they just release the thing? Was it just not well made? Same goes for a lot of these other UK films, like High Rise for instance. Just release them in theaters already, stop holding them back and then dumping them on video or streaming sites.
shareRoadside (A division of Lionsgate) is releasing the film on July 1 in the U.S.
shareJust release them in theaters already, stop holding them back and then dumping them on video or streaming sites.
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Because the show was just so-so... You watch it and you find yourself think my god how can anyone be this stupid. Especially when the British dude says that London won't help and they have no other options... My god if the guy really has the secrets of the Russian mob he could have knocked on the US embassy door, the Israeli embassy door, pick a country and they would have likely been interested and willing to give him what he wanted... Yet in this movie we are to believe that he would see the British as the only option.
shareYou can complain to le Carre about that.
sharePerhaps the FAVOURED option rather than the only option.
Not to mention that he had to do this without the others knowing (so visiting an embassy in secret might have been a little problematic) and, as he said, there was nobody else around he could 'choose' for it.
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There was an audience test screening on April 19th in Sherman Oaks, CA.
When you killed Abbie Mills you killed Sleepy Hollow. #ShadyHollow
First time I heard about this was today and I saw the poster. I even forgot how that happened.
What's missing in movies is same as in society: a good sense of work ethic and living up to ideals.
I've been wondering myself what happened to this. Me and a couple of friends went to a test screening in about Autumn 2014 in London and thought it was excellent, we found it very strange that it never seemed to show up in cinemas. I was pleased to finally see posters dotted around a few London Underground stations this week. I might even go see it again!
My guess is that a bunch of reshoots were needed, but the filmmakers had trouble getting hold of all the required actors at the same time.
"My guess is that a bunch of reshoots were needed..."
There are some additional photography credits and I came here wondering how the ending had been changed.
I had no idea that the release had been delayed but the ending had all the hallmarks of desperate reworking, such as main antagonists disappearing, everything suddenly being reduced to a couple of characters and a real sense of anticlimax.
It's strange that it has sat around for so long, and one instinctively fears the worst when that happens. So I went with zero expectations, having loved the book. It wasn't perfect - something just didn't quite feel right, but it was enjoyable enough. Certain folks have suggested that it was held back to cash in on the success of The Night Manager on BBC, but I don't buy that - how could they have known.
Possible mild spoiler ahead.
I wonder if the ending (as per the book) proved a little too dark for audiences prompting a re-tool?
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I saw it last night in Portland, ME.
Pretty decent. By coincidence, I read the book a few months ago. The book had compelling characters, but it didn't quite hold together.
I thought the movie was better than the book by far.
I watched it last night as soon as I saw it was John le carre. Might be the only author for me whose work I enjoy on screen more than his books.
shareIt's been awhile since I've read the book, but I agree that the movie is better. The ending of the book was too abrupt and hopeless, left a lot or stuff hanging without any resolution (which is fairly typical of LeCarre) but I liked the wrap-up in the movie more; it resolved things without totally betraying the book.
I don't remember the opening scene being in the book, but thought it added to the understanding of Dima's motivation.
So, I just watched this again on Amazon Prime, and actually very few changes have been made since the test screening. All I noticed is some slight polishing to the effects, sound and score, and perhaps a bit of editing (I'm fairly sure there was a sex scene between McGregor and Harris later on in the film, which I assume was there to indicate that they're becoming closer, but that's now gone). Nothing seems to have been re-shot and the ending is completely unchanged.
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