The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
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Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama | Director: John Schlesinger
BDRip 720p | MKV | 1280 x 720 | x264 @ 2560 Kbps | 2h 11mn | 2,03 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 160 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded)
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama | Director: John Schlesinger
After his father (Pat Hingle) finds him a job at the CIA, Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton) discovers the less reputable side of the American government through handling classified documents. As he grows increasingly disillusioned, Boyce decides to sell the information to the Russians in an act of defiance. A drug-addicted friend of Boyce's, Daulton Lee (Sean Penn), becomes involved in the plot and acts as a middleman between Boyce and the Soviets, but the erratic Lee fails to cover his tracks.
Dark, disturbing, and outstanding
For the 1980s, this is a very dark movie. At this point, filmmakers were beginning to operate under the assumption that all films require smarmy comic relief (which, of course, is taken to the extreme today), flashy action scenes (even more overdone today), or steamy sex scenes.
Hutton and Penn are stupendous in their roles as childhood friends turned Soviet spies. Penn in particular is brilliant as hapless drug dealer Daulton Lee.
What you have here is a true thriller/drama. There is no eye candy to speak of, but the story is so compelling and the acting so superb that (hopefully) most people wouldn't miss it. There are a couple amusing scenes, in particular the one where Penn tries to get his Soviet benefactors involved in a major drugrunning deal.
Well worth watching.
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The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
