Jonathan Hyde

The Tailor Of Panama. Academy Award-nominated director John Boorman and brilliant spy novelist John Le Carre team up for this subtle blend of thriller and black comedy based on Le Carre's hit 1996 book.

The Tailor Of Panama. Academy Award-nominated director John Boorman and brilliant spy novelist John Le Carre team up for this subtle blend of thriller and black comedy based on Le Carre's hit 1996 book.

Based on the 1996 novel, this is a mixture of thriller and black comedy. Harry Pendel is the tailorto the powerful of Panama. Harry is known for his storytelling and suits, but soon his tales carry lethal repercussions. Harry spins a yarn that is not only taken as truth, but sets off a chain of events that threatens everything he values most in life.

British intelligence recruits a well-connected tailor to serve as their man in Panama: he finds hislife destroyed when he unwittingly endangers his friends, family and adopted country when his fabricated intelligence leads to a U.S. invasion.