The Falcon and the Snowman Movie Review
The Falcon and the Snowman Review
"The Falcon and the Snowman" Overview
Rating: R
1984
Cast and Crew
Director : John SchlesingerProducer : Gabriel Katzka,John Schlesinger
Screenwiter : Steven Zaillian
Starring : Timothy Hutton,Sean Penn,Pat Hingle,Joyce Van Patten,Richard A. Dysart,Jerry Hardin,Nicholas Pryor,Betty Lou Henson,Stanley Grover,David Suchet,Boris Leskin,George C. Grant,Lori Singer,Jennifer Runyon
Underseen (and true) spy drama set in the early 1970s, The Falcon and the Snowman tells the perplexing tale of Christopher Boyce (Hutton), a low-level document controller who filtered reams of material to the Soviet Union. His mistake? Using his coked-up drug pusher buddy (Penn) as his bagman. As Penn's character falls apart, so does the plan. And in a way, so does the film. While most of Falcon is great, some of it drags and doesn't make sense. Still, you do get to hear a bit about Boyce's motivation: His conscience, which told him to expose the CIA for some of its more nefarious and off-topic activities. A good companion piece to better-known thrillers of the era like All the President's Men.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
