The Tailor of Panama (2001)
Directed by John Boorman
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 nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
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With a writing credit comprised of the brilliant novelist Le Carre, Andrew Davies, renowned for his successful television adaptations of classic like "Pride and Prejudice" and "Wives and Daughters," and the risk-taking Boorman, one hopes for insight, intelligence and class to back up the humor.
This "Tailor" was stitched together by the novel�s author, John le Carré ("The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"), screenwriter Andrew Davies ("Pride and Prejudice") and director John Boorman ("Excalibur," "Hope and Glory") and owes much to smart antecedents such as "Our Man in Havana" and "Casablanca" (which it references several times).
The Russo’ deep dive into old-fashioned action spectaculars is not unlike Pierce Brosnan’s career, where he left the James Bond franchise and spent years playing evil spies and realistic intelligence operatives in the likes of The Tailor of Panama and The November Man.
The directing debut of “Imitation Game” screenwriter Graham Moore has its hero share a profession with “The Tailor of Panama.”