the falcon and the snowman be the true story of two college age rich kid from l. a. who become spy for the soviet union . one and play by penn and be already a drug smuggler up to his eyeball in trouble . the other and play by hutton and land a position at an aerospace firm where his job be to man a top secret cable facility . there he learn of some of the dirty trick employ by the cia on foreigner that america doesn not like . don not forget that the movie be set the early 70 and the time of vietnam and watergate . appal at what he learn and the hutton character decide to betray his country and convince his buddy to join him . neither of them be long on brain and it be not long before theyre way in over their head with no way out . this be not a thriller and and be rather slowly pace . if this be not a problem for you and then it be well worth the rental .