THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN Screening at Schlafly Bottleworks March 3rd

“We were altar boys together.”

THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN screens Thursday March 3rd at 7:00pm at Schlafly Bottleworks

There is something about true stories that makes them so much more interesting than fiction. THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN (1985) tells the true story about Christopher Boyce and his buddy Daulton Lee. Boyce (Tim Hutton) is a former altar boy and intellectual, trying to find an occupation that can support and entertain him. His FBI father is able to pull some strings and get his idealist son a job working in the defense department. Boyce has few responsibilities and seems to be complacent drinking and goofing around with his co-workers. However, as time goes on, Boyce starts to learn top secret information that causes him to doubt the morality of his government. The idealist Boyce soon sees the illegal operations that the CIA is carrying out in above all places, Australia and eventually decides that he will leak some of the top secret info he is privy to, to the KGB. Of course, Over time, Boyce and his drug-dealing buddy Lee (Sean Penn), start to sell their top secret information to the KGB. What was once idealism turns into capitalism and espionage. The strength of THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN is the incredible performances by Hutton and Penn. Although one of them starts off with the best intentions, they will both soon find themselves in an unending downward spiral. Great direction by John Schlesinger, music, everything. THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN was made over 30 years ago but deserves to be reassessed. You’ll have the opportunity Thursday March 3^rd when its screens at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue Maplewood, MO 63143). The show begins at 7:00pm.

A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/810596949044216/

Doors open at 6:30pm.

$6 suggested for the screening. A yummy variety of food from Schlafly’s kitchen is available as are plenty of pints of their famous home-brewed suds.

“Culture Shock” is the name of a film series here in St. Louis that is the cornerstone project of a social enterprise that is an ongoing source of support for Helping Kids Together(http://www.helpingkidstogether.com/) a St. Louis based social enterprise dedicated to building cultural diversity and social awareness among young people through the arts and active living.

The films featured for “Culture Shock” demonstrate an artistic representation of culture shock materialized through mixed genre and budgets spanning music, film and theater. Through ‘A Film Series’ working relationship with Schlafly Bottleworks, they seek to provide film lovers with an offbeat mix of dinner and a movie opportunities.