The Falcon and the Snowman (film)

The Falcon and the Snowman is a 1985 American drama film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Sean Penn and Timothy Hutton.

It is based on the true story of two Americans who were selling defense secrets to the Soviet Union. The film is based on the book The Falcon and the Snowman, A True Story of Friendship and Espionage (1979) by Robert Lindsey.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee grew up together. As good Catholics are they even a while been a choirboy in the local church. Both boys have rich parents and nothing seems to stand in the way of a good future. But go their ways in time apart. Lee comes under the influence of cocaine and heroin and drug dealer. His penchant for these drugs provides him the nickname ' Snowman ' (snowman) on going to study and his friend Christopher. succeeds with excellent figures. His hobby is falconry and he has his own Falcon trained. Not for nothing is his nickname The Falcon (the Falcon). Boyce gets through his father offered a good job at RTX, a company that works for the u.s. Department of Defense. He makes promotion and is appointed in the so-called ' black safe '. Displays all kinds of secret u.s. Government telex traffic received. The CIA also posts regularly come over. Often mistakes. Posts that never could be sent to RTX. Christopher reads everything and has plenty of time for. Since the safe can be accessed by none other than Boyce and his colleagues, they can literally do whatever they want. That means home growing, drink vodka and many dances. As Boyce the CIA-viewing posts, he becomes nauseous on the content. The American service gives in his posts that they intervene in the local politics of other countries. For example, the Prime Minister of Australia eliminated because he wants to get Australian troops from Viet Nam. The frustrated Boyce wants to avenge this injustice. He decides to secret government information to sell to the Soviet Union. He switches his addict friend Ahmed for sale in. The last leaves for Mexico and liaises with one Alex, a KGB man who is working at the Embassy. Soon delivers Boyce via Ahmed top secret material to the Russians. A while everything is going well, but then Ahmed is too ambitious. He wants to expand the activities and set up a large espionage network. His goal is more money to be able to buy even more drugs. Boyce, however, is from idealism with the espionage started and not for the money. The two get in a fight. As Boyce then contact lay with Alex to explain everything, Ahmed knows that his days as a spy are numbered. Now the Russians have direct contact with the source of the information he is obsolete. In a desperate attempt to contact Alex he throws a note over the wall of the Embassy. Ahmed is seen by the Americans who inform the Mexican police. Daulton is arrested and interrogated. The Mexican police try to murder Ahmed. There is a policeman shot dead and the place of the killing corresponds to a picture on a postcard found in the pockets of Daulton. He is tortured and eventually confesses that he is a spy. He also betrays his friend Boyce.The Mexican police, Ahmed for the choice. Be deported to Russia or to the us. He chooses the latter option. Not long after that put Ahmed over the border and arrested by the u.s. police. Boyce undergoes the same fate. After a lengthy process is Boyce sentenced to 40 years in prison and Ahmed to life. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == ==Background[ Edit] == The film is based on the true story of Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee. The story in the film largely follows the facts. Here and there are some names changed. So hot the company where Boyce does not work RTX, but TRW. Boyce was sentenced to 40 years in prison. In 1980 he escaped from prison and then seventeen committed bank robberies in different States. At the same time tried to get his pilot's license Boyce, with the aim to move to Russia. He was arrested in August 1981 and again trapped. His friend Andrew Daulton Lee got life imprisonment. The reason for this much heavier penalty was the drugs past of Lee.He was paroled in 1998. Boyce received his parole until 2002.
 * 2 Cast
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 * 4 see also
 * Timothy Hutton - Christopher Boyce
 * Sean Penn -Daulton Lee
 * David Suchet – Alex
 * Dorian Harewood – Gene
 * Lori SInger – Lana