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  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 25 m

Summary The Mystery of D.B. Cooper brings to life the stories of four individuals fervently believed by their family and friends to be “D.B. Cooper,” the mystery man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle, traded the passengers’ lives for $200,000 and four parachutes, lept from the jet over some of Washington state’s roughest terrain, and was ...

Directed By: John Dower

Written By: John Dower

  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2020
  • TV-14
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • 1 h 25 m

The Mystery of D.B. Cooper

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
61
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary The Mystery of D.B. Cooper brings to life the stories of four individuals fervently believed by their family and friends to be “D.B. Cooper,” the mystery man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle, traded the passengers’ lives for $200,000 and four parachutes, lept from the jet over some of Washington state’s roughest terrain, and was ...

Directed By: John Dower

Written By: John Dower

Where to Watch

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Jo Weber

Self - Duane Weber's Wife

Duane Weber

Self - Suspect Number 1

Tim Collins

Self - Jo's 'Memory Man'

Tina Mucklow

Self - Air Stewaress

William Rataczak

Self - Co-Pilot

Bill Mitchell

Self - Passenger

Bob Fuhriman

Self - Retired FBI Agent, Seattle

Harold 'Andy' Anderson

Self - Second Officer

Pat Forman

Self - Barbara Dayton's Friend

Ron Forman

Self - Barbara Dayton's Friend

Barbara Dayton

Self - Suspect Number 2

Marla Cooper

Self - L.D. Cooper's Niece

L.D. Cooper

Self - Suspect Number 3

Geoffrey Gray

Self - Author of 'Skyjack: The Hunt for DB Cooper'

Jerry Thomas

Self

Frank Montoya Jr.

Self - Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge, Seattle 2014-2016

Richard Floyd McCoy

Self - Suspect Number 4

Ben Anjewierden

Self - Richard Floyd McCoy's Friend

Nick O'Hara

Self - Retired FBI Agent, Norfolk, Virginia

Bruce Smith

Self - Author of 'DB Cooper & the FBI'

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
61
50% Positive
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Mixed
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80
Nov 23, 2020
A documentary that couldn't fail to entertain.
By Anita Singh FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 23, 2020
As much as this gripping documentary is about the mysterious DB Cooper, it is about human nature, too. These brilliant characters, some deeply entangled in the story, some distant from it but connected, are believers. This film asks what keeps them believing, and it is a far bigger question than the mystery itself.
By Rebecca Nicholson FULL REVIEW
75
Nov 23, 2020
It’s even more fun digging into the tales on-screen if you’re familiar with the pop culture appropriation.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 25, 2020
What Dower is interested in here isn't the hijacking itself or even how it has gone unresolved for decades, but rather the nature of the D.B. Cooper obsession.
By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 27, 2020
By turning this narrative into a search for an identification that seems increasingly unlikely to ever happen, Dower loses focus, and we become just as lost as the hundreds of people convinced they know what happened to D.B. Cooper.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 18, 2020
Dower, like so many of the obsessives he interviews here, grows too enthralled by the “who” of it all to stay on mission and meaningfully explore why it still resonates.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
6.7
50% Positive
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50% Mixed
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Production Company Minnow Films
Release Date Nov 25, 2020
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating TV-14
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Awards

Nashville Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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