The film premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2011 . StudioCanal UK distributed the film in the United Kingdom , where it was released on 16 September 2011 . The US rights were acquired by Universal Pictures , which have a permanent first-look deal with Working Title , and they passed the rights to their subsidiary Focus Features . Focus planned to give the film a wide release in the United States on 9 December 2011 but pushed it to January 2012 , when it was given an 800 screen release
68th Venice International Film Festival
68th Venice International Film Festival
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)