After all, as Oldman points out, le Carre was a spy before he took up writing.
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The other figure who has done much to shape the public understanding of MI6 is John le Carre.
Councillor Carolyn Riddell-Carre, executive member for planning and environment, was among those who moved to reject the scheme.
She met and married Henry Carre, who was the island's constable and has lived on the island ever since.
She will compete against Isabelle Carre, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sara Forestier and Catherine Deneuve.
"We are on the verge of becoming a second-rank power on the world stage, " laments French defence analyst Bruno Carre.
Perhaps authors think that the field is crowded, with tomes by Tom Clancy and the more elegant products of John le Carre.
And while they talked Oldman clocked le Carre's mannerisms and speech patterns.
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Oldman sat and watched Le Carre as they chatted about George Smiley.
BBC: Gary Oldman's Smiley: 'A little sexier, a little crueller'
Shirley Carre was a social anthropologist from Rochester, New York, who came over from the US in the 1960s to study Sark's feudal system.
Which probably has something to do with him landing the part of George Smiley in the soon-to-be-released film adaptation of John le Carre's novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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Tomas Alfredson, who made his name with the hauntingly good vampire film Let The Right One In (2008), sat Oldman down and opened a page in le Carre's book.
BBC: Gary Oldman's Smiley: 'A little sexier, a little crueller'
On Sunday, 34-year-old Weisz won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as aid worker Tessa Quayle in The Constant Gardener, developed from a John Le Carre novel.
Just last month, the bar upped the ante by introducing their Vieux Carre cocktail, which pairs cognac and rye whiskey with a side of toasted Colombian giant ants and Mopani worms.
Dr Carre says the term "best allies" well describes Britain and France - two well matched powers, with similar priorities, who are "the only two nations sending troops all the time, everywhere".
To help New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will open 52 more bays at the Bonnet Carre Spillway just north of the city, diverting water into Lake Pontchartrain.
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Dr Carre does not believe that Britain and France would sign any deal that would compromise their ability to act independently if they found themselves on opposite sides of an argument, as in 2003.
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