The Looking Glass War | Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark

The Looking Glass War | Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark | The Looking Glass War

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The Looking Glass War

	The Looking Glass War Christopher Jones, Pia Degermark Sony Pictures, 2003 average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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Behind enemy lines

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.

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The Looking Glass War

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 Movie which captures the zeitgeist

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.

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Pleased, with prejudice ~

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.

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