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The Falcon and the Snowman
The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.
John Schlesinger
Casts & Crew
Timothy Hutton
Sean Penn
Pat Hingle
Joyce Van Patten
Rob Reed
Art Camacho
Richard Dysart
Priscilla Pointer
Chris Makepeace
Dorian Harewood
Mady Kaplan
Macon McCalman
Jerry Hardin
Nicholas Pryor
Betty Lou Henson
Stanley Grover
Bob Arbogast
David Suchet
Boris Leskin
Anatoli Davydov
Lori Singer
Jennifer Runyon
Daniel McDonald
Sam Ingraffia
Tom Nolan
James Hardie
Burke Byrnes
Michael Ironside
Bob Nelson
Valerie Wildman
Guillermo Ríos
Annie Kozuch
George C. Grant
Vic Polizos
Drew Snyder
Arthur Taxier
Philip Corey
Martha Campos
Herbie Wallace
Steven Miller
Jeff Seyfried
Steve Duffy
Carlos Romano
George Belanger
Leopoldo Francés
Abel Franco
Raúl Martínez
Roger Cudney
Richard Masur
John Ratzenberger
John Sabol
Jaime Garza
Also Directed by John Schlesinger
The great storyteller Hoffmann is losing himself to drink. His rival in love, Councillor Lindorf, claims that Hoffmann knows nothing of the heart, and so goads Hoffmann into telling the tales of his three great loves – each destroyed by a villain who bears an uncanny resemblance to Lindorf… First Hoffmann tells of his infatuation for the mechanical doll, Olympia – who is destroyed by the inventor Coppélius. Next comes the courtesan Giulietta, who throws over his adoration in favour of jewels from the magician Dappertutto. Finally, the gentle Antonia is forced to sing to her death by the wicked Doctor Miracle. His stories finished, Hoffmann rouses from his drunken stupor to find Lindorf has made off with Stella, Hoffmann’s latest love – but the Muse compels him to transform his heartache into art.
The swinging London, early sixties. Beautiful but shallow, Diana Scott is a professional advertising model, a failed actress, a vocationally bored woman, who toys with the affections of several men while gaining fame and fortune.
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Supernatural fantasy made by John Schlesinger and Alan Cooke as students.
John Schlesinger's 1957 film about the Wakes Week holiday in Blackburn looks at the tradition where mill towns shut down and thousands of workers head to Blackpool
Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighbor Faye Greener, an aspiring actress who prefers the life that Homer Simpson, a lone accountant, can offer her.
Eight acclaimed filmmakers bring their unique and differing perspectives to the 1972 Summer Olympic Games held in Munich. The segments include Lelouch's take on Olympic losers and their struggle to remain dignified even in the face of bitter disappointment and defeat; Zetterling's dramatic exploration of the world of weightlifting; and Pfleghar's piece on young Russian gymnast Ludmilla Tourischev's majestic performance on the uneven bars.
Two one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model contrives a reunion with her ex-husband, a politician ruined by scandal, and their passion is rekindled. In "Table Number Seven" a meek woman harbors a secret love for a man accused of fraud and sex offenses, forcing her to take a stand for the first time in her life.
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.