The falcon and the snowman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The falcon and the snowman |
| Original title | The Falcon and the Snowman |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 126 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John Schlesinger |
| script | Steven Zaillian |
| production |
Gabriel Katzka , John Schlesinger |
| music |
Lyle Mays , Pat Metheny |
| camera | Allen Daviau |
| cut | Richard Marden |
| occupation | |
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The Falcon and the Snowman ( The Falcon and the Snowman ) is an American film drama from the year 1985 that the true history of the American Christopher John Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee , deals with the CIA -Information to the Soviet Union sold. Steven Zaillian's screenplay is based on Robert Lindsey's non-fiction book The Falcon and the Snowman: A True Story of Friendship and Espionage (1979). Directed by John Schlesinger , who also co-produced the film.
The song This Is Not America by singer David Bowie and jazz fusion band Pat Metheny Group comes from the soundtrack to the film .
action
Christopher Boyce, whose hobby is the scavenger hunt , is professionally responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of documents relating to arms deliveries in a company. From one of the documents he learns about the secret activities of the Central Intelligence Agency , which upset him. Boyce and his friend Daulton Lee, who needs money because of his drug addiction, decide to sell the information they have received to the Soviet Union . They use Lee's contacts among the drug smugglers and Lee travels to Mexico City , where he turns to the Soviet embassy.
The Soviets are trying to get more secrets from Boyce, such as the frequencies of satellite communications. Boyce says he wants to quit and go to college, whereupon the Soviet secret agent gives advice to study Russian and apply to the CIA . He emphasizes that the cooperation is not over, it is only just beginning .
Boyce procures the requested frequencies, for which he wants to get 100,000 US dollars. However, the transaction no longer occurs. Lee is arrested outside the embassy; the Mexican police mistakenly mistake him for a terrorist who killed a police officer. Lee is tortured and eventually admits he is a spy. He is extradited to the Americans at the state border.
Boyce returns to the United States, where he says goodbye to his girlfriend Lana and releases his hawk. Shortly thereafter, he was arrested. Lee is sentenced to life imprisonment, Boyce to 40 years imprisonment.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of January 25, 1985 that one of the movie's many strengths is that it shows the motivations of the two young men. It is not a spy thriller in the usual sense.
The lexicon of international films said: "After authentic events in atmospherically dense scenes, staged black comedy that is less interested in the crime and espionage case than in the loss of values and the problems of the lies and the political disillusionment of a nation."
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating “valuable”.
background
The film is based on true events about the two Americans Christopher John Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee , who sold CIA information to the Soviet Union in the mid-1970s .
It was shot in Los Angeles , Mexico City, and Tijuana . The film grossed approximately $ 17.1 million in US cinemas - with a budget of $ 7 million.
The song This Is Not America from the movie became a worldwide hit (u. A. Second place in Holland, second in Sweden, sixth in Germany and No. 14 in the UK and number 32 in the American charts) and was approved by the Pat Metheny Group with David Bowie recorded on the microphone.
Web links
- The Falcon and the Snowman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Falcon and the Snowman at Rotten Tomatoes (English)