Falcon And The Snowman, The
MGM / UA (1984)
Drama, Thriller
In Collection
#4484
0*
Seen ItYes
027616779229
IMDB   6.8
2 hr 12 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Sean Penn Daulton Lee
Timothy Hutton Christopher Boyce
David Suchet
Pat Hingle Mr. Charlie Boyce
Lori Singer
Richard Dysart Dr. Lee
Joyce Van Patten Mrs. Boyce
Priscilla Pointer
Chris Makepeace
Rob Reed Boyce Child
Rob Newell Boyce Child
Karen West Boyce Child
Art Camacho Boyce Child
Annie Kozuch Boyce Child
Richard A. Dysart Dr. Lee
Director
John Schlesinger
Producer John Schlesinger
Gabriel Katzka
Michael Childers
John Daly
Writer Steven Zaillian
Robert Lindsey


Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton (Ordinary People) and Sean Penn ( Dead Man Walking) deliver "superb performances" (Variety) in a true-story spy thriller that is scathing, arresting (The New York Times) and laced with white-knuckle excitement. From Oscar winners John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) and Steven Zaillian (Schindler's List), the film blows the lid off the modern-day American dream with its riveting story of two young men of privilege, money and ambition who end up selling out their country, running their families and destroying their lives.

Chris Boyce (Hutton) works a low-level job at a defense plant where he uncovers documents that prove that the C.I.A. is secretly coercing foreign governments. He confides in his conniving, fast-talking friend, Andrew Daulton Lee (Penn), a reckless drug dealer and user, who convinces him to sell this information to the Soviets for big bucks. Lee boldly cuts a deal with the KGB, but soon the stakes spin out of control as the Soviets up the ante. Lee descends further into drug abuse, and the C.I.A. prepare to take the informants down!
Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Chapters 40
Release Date 12/7/1999
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color
Subtitles English; French
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Collectible Booklet