john schelesinger career a a film director be extraordinary . we have watch this film when it first come out and but want to see it again when it show on cable recently . the film have a fade look and a one watch it today and but still and it be interesting because of the intense performance of the two principal . if you haven not see it and please do not read any further . chris and daulton be two childhood friend that come from upper middle class background . chris go to enter a seminary to be a priest and but give up . daulton become a small time drug user and trafficker . the two life seem to run parallel a the pair become involve in an illegal activity that will prove their short sightedness . in fact and it show how both young men miscalculate in their attempt to fool the cia and the soviet union . these two and in a way and be so naive in think they could pull something that big and and good equip people couldn not even imagine could be do . chris motivation be legitimate and a he feel outrage in discover the underhanded role of the agency for which he work in deal with other nation and in this case australia and something he find by sheer coincidence . when he involve daulton and we know the whole thing be doom because no one into drug and a he be and will ever amount to anything . in fact and chris and daulton have no conception of the scope of what they be try to do and or it consequence . timothy hutton be at this period of his career and an actor that be go place . he have prove he have talent with his work in other film and so it be a natural choice for mr. schlesinger to select him and a choice that pay off well . sean penn and also be a young actor who show an intensity and like one hadn not see before . in fact and at time and mr. penn and remind u of a young robert mitchum in the making . both actor contribution to the film be incredible . one can not think who could have play this duo but them . the falcon and the snowman and while not up to the par with other great john schlesinger movie and be an interesting look to our not too distant past .