Inspired opening, tedious follow-up
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons, Ciarán Hinds, Matthias Schoenaerts, Joely Richardson, Mary-Louise Parker, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Francis Lawrence
Based upon the book by Jason Matthews
Writer: Justin Haythe
Cinematographer: Jo Willems
Editor: Alan Edward Bell
Composer: James Newton Howard
Good direction and images, but a bit outdated
Cast: Alec Guinness, Maureen O’Hara, Burl Ives
Director: Carol Reed
Writer: Graham Greene (novel)
Music: Frank Deniz, Laurence Deniz
Cinematography: Oswald Morris
Editing: Bert Bates
In the series One Writer, Four Directors:
Cast: Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Lizzy Caplan, Matthew Goode, Jared Harris
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Steven Knight
Cinematographer: Don Burgess
Editor: Mick Audsley, Jeremiah O’Driscoll
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Director: Susanna White
Writers: John le Carré (based on the novel by), Hossein Amini
Actors: Carlos Acosta, Radivoje Bukvic, Stellan Skarsgård
Broad array of personnages: children, babies, teenager, multiracial couple, older woman…