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It now comes to the big screen with Gary Oldman's Smiley heading a great cast.17 Art: Degas and the Ballet: Picturing Movement A landmark exhibition focusing on Edgar Degas and his observations of movement in dance.

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Mr. Oldman's emphasis is on self-containment, but what his Smiley seems to contain is all the wisdom of a blighted world.

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Oldman's competition and BFFs George Clooney and Brad Pitt each got two nominations: for Best Actor, and Clooney for adapting The Ides of March screenplay and Pitt as a producer on Best Picture nominee Moneyball.

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And if people write to me and say, 'How could you let this happen to poor Alec Guinness,' I shall reply that, if 'poor Alec' had witnessed Oldman's performance, he would have been the first to give it a standing ovation.

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But most importantly, Oldman's pursuit brings him into contact with a parade of notable character actors, all of whom deliver superb performances of varying degrees of emotionalism.

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However, the Tinker Tailor… audiences will probably remain strong for a while, meaning the public have taken to Gary Oldman's incarnation of George Smiley.

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Mostly, though, the movie lumbers along in medieval mode, what with Valerie's stern father Billy Burke, also from "Twilight" telling her that "it's time to put on your harlot's robe," and Gary Oldman's witch-hunting Father Solomon telling everyone that "during a Blood Moon your very souls are in danger."

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Along with his oddly moving turn in Sid and Nancy, this remains Oldman's finest screen role.

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