Attention all spy genre enthusiasts, Cold War buffs and Gary Oldman fans: Movieline is giving away three (3) pairs of VIP tickets to the Los Angeles premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy to the trio of readers who come up with the most clever haiku poems dedicated to one of the film’s stars.
The thriller from director Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) is set in 1973 and stars Gary Oldman as an espionage veteran forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent who has infiltrated Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service. Colin Firth, Stephen Graham, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones and Simon McBurney co-star.
You have 24 hours to write a haiku in ode to any of the film’s stars to officially enter the contest. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’s L.A. premiere will take place in Hollywood on Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. Winners will have to pick up their tickets at will-call before 6:00 p.m. that day.
Lastly, since Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is rated R, only readers that are 18 and older can win.
The official synopsis:
The long-awaited feature film version of John le Carré’s classic bestselling novel. The time is 1973. The Cold War of the mid-20th Century continues to damage international relations. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, is striving to keep pace with other countries’ espionage efforts and to keep the U.K. secure. The head of the Circus, known as Control (John Hurt), personally sends dedicated operative Jim
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Joe Jackson was left out of Michael Jackson’s will, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to put his forked tail between his legs and slither back into the mole hole to the underworld. Nope. Joe has found another way to fill his pimp purse with coins. CNN reports that Joe Jackson has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Michael’s former doctor Dr. Conrad Murray in federal court this afternoon. Joe thinks Dr. Con is responsible for his son’s death and he wants him to pay up. Joe is seeking an unspecified amount for damages. Joe is telling the media that he’s only suing to get justice for his son, but I’m pretty sure his horns were crossed under his hat when he said it.
The lawsuit states that Dr. Con didn’t tell the EMTs and doctors trying to revive Michael what kinds of pain killers he gave him. Dr. Con kept his lips shut about how he filled Michael with propofol earlier in the day. The suit goes on to say that if the doctors knew this information they might have been able to save Michael.
Joe isn’t stopping with Dr. Con either. Joe is also throwing lawsuits at two of the clinics where Dr. Con practiced for helping him cover up Michael’s death. The lawsuit states: “Defendants conduct of attempting to conceal the multi-state supply of drugs and the use of their facilities in Texas and Nevada to obtain medications was an extreme departure from the standard of care.”
Expect Joe to also sue the makers of propofol, the makers of the syringes used to inject MJ, the makers of plastic, the
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