The Looking Glass War

Starring:Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark, Ralph Richardson, Paul Rogers, Anthony Hopkins, Susan George, Ray McAnally, Robert Urquhart, Anna Massey, Vivian Pickles, Maxine Audley, Cyril Shaps, Michael Robbins, Timothy West, Frederick Jaeger, Peter Swanwick, Paul Maxwell, Guy Deghy, Ernest Walder, Patrick M. Wright
Director: Frank Pierson
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

Behind enemy lines
Pleased, with prejudice ~
Good Spy Movie which captures the zeitgeist
The Looking Glass War
Good Spy Flick

The Looking Glass War
Starring: Christopher Jones , Pia Degermark , Ralph Richardson , Paul Rogers , and Anthony Hopkins
Director: Frank Pierson
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0000DKDUW
Release Date: 2003-12-09

Customer Reviews:

Behind enemy lines.......2007-03-22

The year is 1969 and the Cold War is raging. A British spy who was investigating missiles on the East German border has just been killed. The West needs another agent fast and they hire Leiser (Christopher Jones), a handsome and clever young man from Poland. He agrees to be a spy in exchange for political asylum in the West. He sneaks into East Germany and finds not only missiles, but also an very pretty girl, while his trainers (Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson) anxiously wait to hear from him.

This isn't the James Bond kind of spy movie; there's no glitz or glamour and definitely no humor. Instead, it's a grim, pitiless look at the men who pull the strings in the espionage game. There isn't a lot of action; the bleak and hopeless mood of the times pervades the story. With Hopkins and Richardson around, one has to wonder why they recruited an outsider to join British Intelligence, but if you can overlook this plot hole, it is an engrossing film. Handsome Christopher Jones, a James Dean look-alike, is appropriately petulant and charismatic. It's a shame his voice had to be dubbed; one wonders what his voice really sounds like. Young Anthony Hopkins brings his usual intensity and dignity to a rather thankless role. It's an interesting, if cynical, look at the paranoia that characterized the 60s.

Pleased, with prejudice ~.......2007-01-10

I fell in love with Christopher Jones at first sight and there are many scenes with him in this movie. His acting was at its best and, while the story is dated, it's still a thriller in more ways than one. A young Anthony Hopkins is also refreshing to watch. A movie to re-watch every so often.

Good Spy Movie which captures the zeitgeist.......2007-01-09

There are a number of technical and plot flaws with this story, and John le Carre clearly learned from them since they did not occur again in his later works. Seeing Anthony Hopkins act in this movie shows the potential which of course he has achieved in many roles since then.

The Looking Glass War.......2006-05-18

The movie was a little lacking for a spy movie. It
needed more of a story line. But, Christopher Jones
was worth watching, He's a "Fine" actor, and
still gets movie offers, but he seems more into being
an Artist now. He sells his work, and you can buy his
prints, I have bought a few. They are Great!!

Good Spy Flick.......2006-01-31

Just finished watching The Looking Glass War. I had never heard of this movie but I am a big fan of John LeCarre and his books and movies. This movie is definitely up to par with the others though I put Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy at the top of any realistic or true spy/espionage movie with The Russia House at the bottom of the list.

This movie stars Anthony Hopkins and a very young Christopher Jones. It is very much a LeCarre movie and is not about the action, though it has some. It is slow of pace at times but not in a bad way. It is more of a character study than a James Bond type movie. The movie delves more into the dirty dark and nasty side of of the spy game and the use of human beings as fodder for an ends to a means.

Good performances all around and a good movie. Check it out.

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Director: Kevin P. Duffus
Manufacturer: Looking Glass Productions, Inc
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B0002RQOUQ
Release Date: 2004-07-15

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