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PLOT~how to get ahead by selling secrets~ 1970s and political changes set the plot~fact based spy adventure: Timothy Hutton is Chris a young man who allowed top secret clearance and enters a dream job of lazy and access to some of Americas Secrets~ his best friend Druggie excellent SEAN PENN is ANDREW~ who is wanted for killing a policeman and working on drug deals out of Mexico. Both join forces for CASH selling SECRETS. Chris gives Andrew the paperwork secrets and then he sets up DEALS with the KBG working out of the Russian Embassy in Mexico. But soon the cocaine and heroine habbit leads Andrew to be out of control including blackmailing his friend Chris. Chris is not in it for the money but wants to make a STATEMENT. This is very good as we see Chris want to stop but blackmail and his inablity to find a way out. AS the CIA move in the two spies end up in a Mexican Prison and soon deported back to America. Hutton is good but the real scene stealer here is PENN who plays the druggie totally of control that even the Russians refuse to deal with over time I give it 5 STARS for real life excellent plot and first rate acting on Penns part. Worth watching once. Good Movie~Read full review
Christopher Boyce 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 it can't last, though, and the consequences are tremendous for Boyce and his family. This movie is a true thriller/drama. There is no eye candy to speak of, but the story is so compelling and the acting so superb, you wouldn't want to miss it. Dark, disturbing, and outstanding.
This was an excellent film about a time in U.S. history when young people used the excuse of "being disillusioned the events of everyday society" to do the unthinkable, commit treason! A true story based on actual events of the 1977 espionage trials of Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee, two middle-class boys who used that exact excuse to steal classified U.S. documents and sell them to agents of the Soviet Union. Boyce was an ex-seminary student who works for the CIA. He begins copying and stealing sensitive documents which he sells to the Soviets. His boyhood friend Daulton Lee, a cocaine addict is his partner. Their code names are "Falcon" and "Snowman". They are soon in way over their heads and are caught, tried and imprisoned. Many people who saw this film felt sorry for these guys. The truth is, when they crossed that line, they and "Hanoi Jane" both should have gotten what they truly deserved, "Regular or Extra Crispy"! True story.Read full review
As a CIA employee in charge of guarding top secret documents, all American Christopher Boyce (Timothy Hutton ) becomes disillusioned with his country and decides to make a deal with the Soviet Union. Boyce drags his childhood friend Daulton Lee (Sean Penn) into the arrangement, but the drug addicted Lee s reasons for committing espionage are only for money. This is a suspenseful, provocative and sometimes comical account of a true occurrance. Best for people that enjoy political drama (Breach, The Company, etc). Good for a nights entertainment for sure.
One of my all time 80's movie, penn starting out for good acting career and directing also. Almost timely: selling secrets to the russians!?
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