The falcon and the snowman Le jeu du faucon [WorldCat Entities]

"Falcon & the Snowman"
"Jeu du faucon"@en

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"True story about two young men from affluent families who, under the code names "Falcon" and 'Snowman", commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."
"True story about two young men from affluent families who, under the code names "Falcon" and 'Snowman", commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."@en
"Based on the true-life story of Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee, boyhood friends. In their early twenties, Boyce has just quit the seminary and taken a job at TRW where he soon has access to the company's top-secret defense files, including evidence of the CIA's tampering with elections overseas. Lee is a runaway, paroled heroin addict. The ideological disillusionment of one and the greed and need for excitement of the other lead them to sell secrets to the Russians. As they proceed, the stakes get higher and the risks larger. -- Summary adapted from container."@en
"Two friends begin the deadly game of selling national secrets to the Russians, with the stakes getting higher with each sale."@en
"A disillusioned young man and his drug dealing friend, under the code names "Falcon" and "Snowman" commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."
"A disillusioned young man and his drug dealing friend, under the code names "Falcon" and "Snowman" commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."@en
"The true story of two young men of privilege, money and ambition who end up selling out their country, ruining their families and destroying their lives. Chris Boyce (Hutton) works a low-level job at a defence plant where he uncovers documents that prove that the CIA is secretly coercing foreign governments. He confides in his conniving, fast-talking friend Andrew Daulton Lee (Penn), a reckless drug dealer and user, who convinces him to sell this information to the Soviets for big bucks. Lee boldly cuts a deal with the KGB, but soon the stakes spin out of control as the Soviets up the ante. Lee descends further into drug abuse, and the CIA prepare to take the informants down!"
"Driven by ideological disillusionment, Lee by greed and the need for excietment - together they enter the dangerous, deadly game of selling secrets to the Russians. With each operation, the stakes get higher, the risks loom larger. Until The Falcon And The Snowman find that the game has no winners."
"Academy Award Winners Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn deliver "superb performances" (Variety) in this real-life story laced with white-knuckle excitement. From Oscar Winners John Schlesinger (Midnight Cowboy) and Steven Zaillan (Schindler's List), The Falcon and the Snowman is a thriller that "sticks to your brain with the persistence of a wide-awake nightmare" (Cosmopolitan)! When defense-plant employee Chris Boyce (Hutton) uncovers documents that prove that the CIA is secretly coercing foreign governments, his fast-talking friend Daulton (Penn) convinces him to sell the information to the Soviets. But soon the stakes for both men spin out of control as their plans explode into international scandal! -- container."@en
"A disillusioned young man and his drug dealing friend, under the code names "Falcon" and 'Snowman" commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."
"A disillusioned young man and his drug dealing friend, under the code names "Falcon" and 'Snowman" commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."@en
"Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee were boyhood friends. As we meet them in their early twenties, Boyce has just quit the seminary, much to his father's disappointment, and has taken a job a TRW. He is soon promoted to dealing with the company's top-secret defense files, where he finds out about the CIA's tampering with elections overseas. Lee is a runaway paroled heroin addict, kept on the run between the U.S. and Mexico by the law and his narcotics deals. Boyce is."
"The story of two men of privilege, money and ambition who end up selling out their country, ruining their families and destroying their lives."@en
"The true story of Christopher Boyce (Hutton), a young All-American man whose job as a guard for sensitive documents shatters his faith in his country and leads him to a sometimes comic, sometimes chilling sideline as a spy for the Soviets, aided by his scruffy buddy, Daulton (Penn); it can't last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family."@en
"Two young men of privilege, money and ambition end up selling government secrets to the Russians."@en
"Spionagethriller waarin twee Amerikaanse jongens in de jaren '70 geheime informatie verkopen aan de Russen."
"Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee were boyhood friends. As we meet them in their early twenties, Boyce has just quit the seminary, much to his father's disappointment, and has taken a job a TRW. He is soon promoted to dealing with the company's top-secret defense files, where he finds out about the CIA's tampering with elections overseas. Lee is a runaway paroled heroin addict, kept on the run between the U.S. and Mexico by the law and his narcotics deals. Boyce is driven by ideological disillusionment, Lee by greed and the need for excietment - together they enter the dangerous, deadly game of selling secrets to the Russians. With each operation, the stakes get higher, the risks loom larger. Until The Falcon And The Snowman find that the game has no winners."@en
"A disillusioned young man and his drug dealing friend, under the code names "Falcon" and "Snowman", commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."
"Chris Boyce, a disillusioned young man who works at a defense plant, and his drug dealing friend, Andrew Daulton, under the code names "Falcon" and 'Snowman" commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."@en
"Chris Boyce, a disillusioned young man who works at a defense plant, and his drug dealing friend, Andrew Daulton, under the code names "Falcon" and 'Snowman" commit a brazen act of espionage, by selling some of America's most sensitive secrets to the KGB."
"Former boyhood friends Hutton and Penn meet again in their early twenties. They begin the deadly game of selling national secrets to the Russians, with the stakes getting higher with each sale."
""The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union. Two men struggle against governments, the public, and above all, each other as they watch their plans spiral out of control with international consequences"--Shockdvd.com.au."
"Two young men enter the dangerous, deadly game of selling national secrets to the Russians."@en
"The true story about two childhood friends from affluent American families who betray their country when they decide to sell government secrets to the Russians."@en