Falcon and the Snowman "Falcon and the Snowman" Is a 1985 Film
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Falcon and the Snowman "Falcon and the Snowman" is a 1985 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 "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. "Falcon and the Snowman" is based on the true story of former altar boy and former Catholic seminary student Christopher Boyce and fellow former altar boy turned drug dealer Andrew Daulton Lee, two young men from wealthy California families who sold classified government information to the Soviet Union during the mid 1970s. Boyce, an expert in the sport of falconry?thus, the nickname "Falcon"?gets a job at a civilian defense contractor (TRW, though it is called "RTX" in the movie) working in the so-called "Black Vault", a secure communication facility through which flows information on some of the most classified U.S. operations in the world. Boyce becomes disillusioned with the U.S. government through his new position, especially after reading a misrouted communiqué dealing with the CIA's plan to depose the Prime Minister of Australia. Frustrated by this duplicity, Boyce decides to repay his government by passing classified secrets to the Soviets. Lee, a drug addict and minor smuggler sometimes called "the snowman" (in reference to his cocaine sales), agrees to actually contact and deal with the KGB on Boyce's behalf, motivated not by idealism, but by what he perceives as an opportunity to make money and eventually settle in his idea of paradise, Costa Rica. **** ?The everyday fun of feeding bread, cake, cookies, bagels, tater tots, burritos, french toast, pancakes, apple pie, pumpkin pie, corn, rice, spaghetti, and Pizza to Sea Lions....? **** ?The Sea Lions are Good, the Sea Lions are Love ....? **** ?The Kitty Cats and Puppy Dogs are Good, the Kitty Cats and Puppy Dogs are Love ....? **** ?The House Sparrows (chirping Sparrows), Seagulls, and Pigeons are Good, the House Sparrows (chirping Sparrows), Seagulls, and Pigeons are Love ....? **** **** ?The Kitty Cats and Puppy Dogs are Good, the Kitty Cats and Puppy Dogs are Love ....? **** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mrPlYOLR0E **** ?Expressions of Your Love? (Rebecca St James) ?A symphony of color Painted on a Western Sky The thunder roars and the rain it falls Over fields, over streams, over us, you're over us... (chorus)(Rebecca St James) & Expressions of Your Glory Expressions of Your Heart In all You are You speak to Us Expressions of Your Love A message sent from Heaven Walked among us as a man The Son of God and Light of the world Lord divine, crucified, (and) made alive, You're alive... (Chorus)(Rebecca St James) You speak to us (Rebecca St James) Oh Jesus make me An expression of You?. (chorus) **** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mrPlYOLR0E **** Falcon and the Snowman "Falcon and the Snowman" is a 1985 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 "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. "Falcon and the Snowman" is based on the true story of former altar boy and former Catholic seminary student Christopher Boyce and fellow former altar boy turned drug dealer Andrew Daulton Lee, two young men from wealthy California families who sold classified government information to the Soviet Union during the mid 1970s. Boyce, an expert in the sport of falconry?thus, the nickname "Falcon"?gets a job at a civilian defense contractor (TRW, though it is called "RTX" in the movie) working in the so-called "Black Vault", a secure communication facility through which flows information on some of the most classified U.S. operations in the world. Boyce becomes disillusioned with the U.S. government through his new position, especially after reading a misrouted communiqué dealing with the CIA's plan to depose the Prime Minister of Australia. Frustrated by this duplicity, Boyce decides to repay his government by passing classified secrets to the Soviets. Lee, a drug addict and minor smuggler sometimes called "the snowman" (in reference to his cocaine sales), agrees to actually contact and deal with the KGB on Boyce's behalf, motivated not by idealism, but by what he perceives as an opportunity to make money and eventually settle in his idea of paradise, Costa Rica..