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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe Night Manager: Brilliant Le Carre-based BBC miniseries (2016), still available on Amazon Prime
I'm not sure how many DUers might've missed this wonderful miniseries. I did some quick googling and couldn't find any mention of it.
This was released in 2016, but you can still stream it for free on Amazon Prime.
Amazing cast. Tom Hiddleston won the Golden Globe for best actor, and Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman won for their supporting roles.
Review at Rogerebert.com:
https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/tom-hiddleston-and-hugh-laurie-shine-in-amcs-brilliant-the-night-manager
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Le Carré and the mini-series format are ideal companions in that his narratives often demand more than the feature film running time allows (this was nearly adapted several times in the 20 years since its publication but no screenwriter could compress it to a movie length). Its not just because of the density of the plot either, but more for the tone that the length of The Night Manager allows. We dont even really see Roper for most of the first episode, turning him into a Jaws-esque legend before Laurie even has the chance to inject this performance with the perfect balance of wit and pure evil. Hes fantastic. We get notable character development for roles like Corkoran and Jed, who would have been mere plot devices if the narrative had to be compressed. Debicki and Hollander are both excellent.
Having said all of that, The Night Manager belongs to Hiddleston, someone who is equally convincing as the face of a glamorous lifestyle in Cairo and a veteran soldier hell-bent on vengeance. In fact, the pulse of The Night Manager comes from that transition, as we watch a man who has put his dark past behind him slowly bring it back to meet his present day needs. Hiddleston is so convincing that one could easily see him playing 007 next, although Ive long been convinced that he can do just about anything he sets his mind to. Hes that good.
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Polly Hennessey
(7,339 posts)The writing, cast were excellent.
highplainsdem
(51,897 posts)Mme. Defarge
(8,462 posts)Thanks for the reminder, I may just watch it again.
highplainsdem
(51,897 posts)I'm going to watch it again, too.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)existed!
highplainsdem
(51,897 posts)glad I posted the OP.
I started wondering how many DUers might have missed the miniseries after reading the replies in the thread about favorite actors and actresses and not seeing any (other than my own) mentioning Hiddleston.
highplainsdem
(51,897 posts)widely available miniseries to stream this weekend.