Best actors keep it real while playing an icon

An advertising slogan for a famous fur company once posed the question "What becomes a legend most?" That philosophical conundrum resonates with added meaning this year, when theaters seem glutted with movies about history's most storied icons.

Friday alone, Washington area viewers are being treated to a big-screen adaptation of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," featuring the fictional Cold War spy George Smiley and the titular Victorian-era detective. Filmgoers can also take in "A Dangerous Method," about psychoanalytic pioneer Sigmund Freud and his friendship with Carl Jung.

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David S. Hilzenrath, Zachary A. Goldfarb 16 Dec, 2011


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