Tailor of Panama (The)
- Director: John Boorman
- Writer: John le Carré; Andrew Davies
- Producer: Kevan Barker; John Boorman
CGiii Comment
Strangely, this is not billed as a comedy.
If Boorman did not intend it to be a comedy then this is a complete disaster of a film.
On the other hand, if it is a comedy...then, it's not very funny.
Brosnan and Rush in a gay bar - a wasted opportunity - just like the film.
Sometimes it is necessary to reel in the actors or else they let rip a performance that would be more fitting in a butchers.
Chaotic and uncontrolled.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
John LeCarre's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a criminal past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the canal administrator, and a huge debt. The spy's mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal, but he's really in business for himself, blackmailing the tailor into spinning a fantastic tale about the canal being sold to China and former mercenaries ready to topple the current government.
Cast & Characters
Pierce Brosnan as Andrew 'Andy' Osnard;
Geoffrey Rush as Harold 'Harry' Pendel;
Jamie Lee Curtis as Louisa Pendel;
Leonor Varela as Marta;
Brendan Gleeson as Michelangelo 'Mickie' Abraxas;
Harold Pinter as Uncle Benny;
Catherine McCormack as Francesca Deane;
Daniel Radcliffe as Mark Pendel;
Lola Boorman as Sarah Pendel;
David Hayman as Luxmore;
Mark Margolis as Rafi Domingo;
Martin Ferrero as Teddy, the Reporter;
John Fortune as Maltby;
Martin Savage as Stormont;
Edgardo Molino as Juan-David