The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman purports to tell a true story, which, while interesting, lacks motivations for the main characters. It also doesn’t exactly possess the highest quality production values, and the film seems oddly dated for one of such recent vintage. Still, Timothy Hutton and especially Sean Penn give pretty good performances.
**½ (out of *****)
©2018 David R. George III
1985 • 2 HOURS, 11 MINUTES
HEMDALE
STARRING
• TIMOTHY HUTTON, SEAN PENN
ALSO STARRING
• PAT HINGLE, JOYCE VAN PATTEN, RICHARD DYSART, PRISCILLA POINTER, CHRIS MAKEPEACE, DORIAN HAREWOOD
WRITTEN BY
• STEVEN ZAILLIAN (SCREENPLAY)
• ROBERT LINDSEY (BASED ON THE BOOK BY)
DIRECTED BY
• JOHN SCHLESINGER
NO 1985 ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
