One of the most buzzed-about films, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” starring Colin Firth and Gary Oldman, is about to be in theaters (January 6, to be exact). However, you can start participating in the movie fun by entering the “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” Twitter giveaway.

The prize pack includes one $25 Fandango gift card, a t-shirt, a voice recorder pen and a Post-It note cube. Here’s how to win the prizes:

First, follow us @ShockYa if you don’t already. Secondly, give us an @mention with the phrase, “Win a Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Prize Pack, Follow @Shockya and Retweet“. You have until January 13th at 5 p.m. PST to tweet us the phrase, but you can only retweet once per day. The winner will be chosen at random.

Here’s the synopsis of “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”:

“‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ is the long-awaited feature film version of John le Carré’s classic bestselling novel. The thriller is directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In). The screenplay adaptation is by the writing team of Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan.

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 Prideaux (Mark Strong) into Hungary. But Jim’s mission goes bloodily awry, and Control is forced out of the Circus – as is his top lieutenant, George Smiley (Gary Oldman), a career spy with razor-sharp senses.

Estranged from his absent wife Ann, Smiley is soon called in to see undersecretary Oliver Lacon (Simon McBurney); he is to be rehired in secret at the government’s behest, as there is a gnawing fear that the Circus has long been compromised by a double agent, or mole, working for the Soviets and jeopardizing England. Supported by younger agent Peter Guillam (Benedict Cumberbatch), Smiley parses Circus activities past and present. In trying to track and identify the mole, Smiley is haunted by his decades-earlier interaction with the shadowy Russian spy master Karla.

The mole’s trail remains cold until maverick field agent Ricki Tarr (Tom Hardy) unexpectedly contacts Lacon. While undercover in Turkey, Ricki has fallen for a betrayed married woman, Irina (Svetlana Khodchenkova), who claims to possess crucial intelligence. Separately, Smiley learns that Control narrowed down the list of mole suspects to five men. They are the ambitious Percy Alleline (Toby Jones), whom he had code-named Tinker; suavely confident Bill Haydon (Colin Firth), dubbed Tailor; stalwart Roy Bland (Ciarán Hinds), called Soldier; officious Toby Esterhase (David Dencik), dubbed Poor Man; and – Smiley himself. Even before the startling truth is revealed, the emotional and physical tolls on the players enmeshed in the deadly international spy game will escalate…”

Again, the film will be in theaters January 6. You can learn more about the film at its official site as well as its Facebook page and YouTube channel. Also below the post is the trailer to the film.

Good luck in the giveaway!

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Poster

By Monique Jones

Monique Jones blogs about race and culture in entertainment, particularly movies and television. You can read her articles at Racialicious, and her new site, COLOR . You can also listen to her new podcast, What would Monique Say.

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