“The Falcon and the Snowman” quotes
(1985)
Title The Falcon and the Snowman
Year 1985
Director John Schlesinger
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller, Biography
Year 1985
Director John Schlesinger
Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller, Biography
Plot – Christopher Boyce doesn’t take vows due to his lack of vocation. His father, an ex-FBI agent, hires him as delivery boy at the TRX, a company that builds spy satellites for the CIA. The guy climbs the ladder too quickly, so he gets moved to the “Black Vault”, in very close contact with “top secret” data. Here he catches an extremely private message and realizes that the CIA is involved in voting cheats that disadvantage the Labor Party in Australia. Chris is disgusted and decides to work for the USSR: he reveals everything to his childhood friend Daulton Lee, a drug addict and dealer, who operates between the USSR’s embassy and Mexico city.
All actors – Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten, Rob Reed, Rob Newell, Karen West, Art Camacho, Annie Kozuch, Richard Dysart, Priscilla Pointer, Chris Makepeace
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“I know a thing or two about predatory behavior, and what once was a legitimate intelligence agency is now being used on weaker governments.”
“It wouldn't have made a difference. I freely chose my response to this absurd world. If given the opportunity, I would have been more vigorous.”
“How many guys do you know who's best friend is also their priest?”
“We were altar boys together.”
“- Daulton Lee: Let me ask you now. These, these clothing. Would this be considered formal clothing for your country? Is this the average garb?
- Nigerian Diplomat: It's, er, garbage.”“They're just as paranoid and dangerous as we are. I don't know why I ever thought any differently.”
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