The Falcon and the Snowman

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The Falcon and the Snowman
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	John Schlesinger
Produced by	John Daly
Written by	Steven Zaillian
Starring	Timothy Hutton Sean Penn Pat Hingle Joyce Van Patten
Music by	Lyle Mays Pat Metheny
Cinematography	Allen Daviau
Editing by	Richard Marden
Distributed by	Orion Pictures Corporation
Release date(s)	January 25, 1985 April 10 September 12 September 20 November 22
Running time	131 min.
Country	U.S.A.
Language	English
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The Falcon and the Snowman is a 1985 film about two young American men who sold U.S. security secrets to the Soviet Union. The film is based on real events.

1 Plot synopsis
2 Cast
3 Other uses
4 Trivia
5 External link

[edit] Plot synopsis

Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn play two young men from wealthy California families who sell government secrets to the Soviet Union. The movie is based on the true story of Christopher Boyce (Hutton) and Daulton Lee (Penn). Boyce, whose job involves coordinating certain secret government satellite communications, becomes disillusioned with the United States after realizing that some of those communications indicate a pattern of widespread illicit influence by the CIA on the affairs of other countries, and decides to make a deal with the Soviets. Lee, a drug addict and small-time smuggler, agrees to actually contact and deal with the KGB on Boyce's behalf, motivated not by idealism, but by the opportunity he perceives to make money.

[edit] Cast

"Christopher Boyce" (Timothy Hutton)
"Daulton Lee" (Sean Penn)
"Mr. Boyce" (Pat Hingle)
"Mrs. Boyce" (Joyce Van Patten)
"Boyce Child" (Rob Reed)
"Dr. Lee" (Richard A. Dysart)
"Mrs. Lee" (Priscilla Pointer)
"David Lee" (Chris Makepeace)
"Gene" (Dorian Harewood)
"Laurie" (Mady Kaplan)
"Larry Rogers" (Macon McCalman)

[edit] Other uses

Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage is a 1980 book on the same topic by Robert Lindsey.

[edit] Trivia

The film has obtained some notoriety as it was overridden by a hacker named Captain Midnight while being broadcast on HBO in 1986.^{[citation needed]}