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The Falcon and the Snowman is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Schlesinger released in USA on 25 january 1985 with Timothy Hutton

The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

The Falcon and the Snowman
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Released in USA 25 january 1985
Length 2h10
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Documentary,    Spy,    Crime
Rating67% 3.3979053.3979053.3979053.3979053.397905

The Falcon and the Snowman is a 1985 spy film directed by John Schlesinger about two young American men, Christopher Boyce (played by Timothy Hutton) and Daulton Lee (played by Sean Penn), who sold U.S. security secrets to the Soviet Union. The film is based upon the 1979 book The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage by Robert Lindsey, and features the song "This Is Not America", written and performed by David Bowie and the Pat Metheny Group.

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Chris Boyce et Daulton Lee ont 23 ans en 1974, dans une Amérique que le scandale du Watergate traumatise. Amis d'enfance, ils ont choisi des voies totalement opposées : Lee est devenu un petit dealer, tandis que Chris, après avoir renoncé à la prêtrise, se consacre au dressage de son faucon. Grâce à son père, il est embauché dans une importante compagnie d'électronique, la TRW. Rapidement promu, il occupe un poste de confiance, recevant les messages codés d'un satellite espion pour le compte de la CIA. C'est ainsi qu'il prend connaissance des agissements peu glorieux de son pays. Citoyen modèle, il ne comprend pas que la CIA se permette de manipuler impunément tous les gouvernements du monde, y compris ceux de ses alliés (soutien au putschiste Augusto Pinochet au Chili, déstabilisation du gouvernement travailliste en Australie, .

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