I Am D.B. Cooper

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I Am D.B. Cooper

2022

1h 40m

Crime

Drama

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9 Reviews

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Two bounty hunter brothers encounter an ailing old man named Rodney Bonnifield while coordinating his bail after a violent encounter on a dairy farm involving a machete. Close to his sentencing, he reveals to the bondsmen that he is in fact the infamous DB Cooper, the man responsible for the 1971 plane hijacking in the Pacific Northwest, and the ransom cash is still buried along the Columbia River. Up against the clock with Rodney's prison sentence looming, the group sets out on a modern-day treasure hunt to recover the money he buried near the river 50 years ago, uncovering bizarre truths about Rodney Bonnifield and his connection to the only unsolved plane hijacking in U.S. history.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Dec 9, 2022

1/4

The question is: WHO CARES?

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M.N. Miller

Ready Steady Cut

Dec 20, 2022

1.5/5

This is mainly a rehash and regurgitation of the infamous legend with actor reenactments that would have the Robert Stack seal of approval.

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Robin Holabird

Robin Holabird

Dec 17, 2022

Ultimately, the movie does little more than add to the growing pile of Cooper memorabilia, relying on the lure an unsolved mystery.

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Lael Loewenstein

FilmWeek (LAist)

Dec 13, 2022

The filmmaker undercuts the film's persuasiveness with tons of reenactments.

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Alan Zilberman

Spectrum Culture

Dec 13, 2022

1.5/5

It mixes docudrama and documentary to give one theory about the hijacker’s identity. At least, that’s the one way of looking at it. Another, more accurate way is that this film has no credibility from the start, and barely any entertainment value to boot.

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Tony Medley

The Larchmont Chronicle

Dec 13, 2022

7/10

Is he really the fugitive DB Cooper? For people old enough to have lived through the story of his hijacking a plane in 1971, bailing out and disappearing, that dominated the headlines for several weeks, if not months, it’s an interesting supposition.

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Two bounty hunter brothers encounter an ailing old man named Rodney Bonnifield while coordinating his bail after a violent encounter on a dairy farm involving a machete. Close to his sentencing, he reveals to the bondsmen that he is in fact the infamous DB Cooper, the man responsible for the 1971 plane hijacking in the Pacific Northwest, and the ransom cash is still buried along the Columbia River. Up against the clock with Rodney's prison sentence looming, the group sets out on a modern-day treasure hunt to recover the money he buried near the river 50 years ago, uncovering bizarre truths about Rodney Bonnifield and his connection to the only unsolved plane hijacking in U.S. history.

Director: T.J. Regan
Producer: T.J. Regan, Sharmila Sahni, Corey Molina, John Miller
Screenwriter: T.J. Regan, Sharmila Sahni
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Production Co: Gravitas Ventures
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 9, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2022
Runtime: 1h 40m

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