The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

Here's a few minutes of Hollywood's take on the 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking, "The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper." There's not room enough here to list all the liberties taken with the facts in this opening sequence of the film (which was never purported to be a docudrama, of course). My favorite "reinterpretation" is how the parachute jump is shown in broad daylight on what appears to be a sunny summer day (actual jump was in darkness on the evening of November 24).

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[snotjello]

No, that's footage from the actual Cooper jump. There just happened to be a film crew on hand.

[GarthanSaal444]

The real D.B. was not amused when he saw this crappy movie.

[bjroberts65]

I thought this movie was very good, what the hell are you talking about.

[lovecuthbert]

"We have just been ordered to deploy our rear exit hatch?" Total innacuracy. Back in 1971, on this particular 727, you just had to go to the aft staircase and lower it yourself. After this incident, the "Cooper Vane" was installed to prevent skyjackers like D.B. from being able to manually work the back stairs while in flight.

[Frank West]

God damn read 180 books brought me here

[Lee Dummett]

dan cooper could act better.

[PiesangPielsePa1]

Expected the same thing.

[ElDorado25]

christ how did i just know he was gonna let out a hillbilly scream...

[Chun Xing]

I thought it was raining heavily at that time when he jumped off the plane.

[bjroberts65]

Cooper,Morris,and the Anglins are probably drinking a beer right now and laughing at this shit.

[suryavajra]

They need a new movie and picture D.B. Cooper in a way like Michael Weston from Burn Notice only with a 1970s atmosphere...

[Andrew Muir]

You are right. I stand corrected. I doubt he survived but I hope he did! He was polite and he did not hurt anyone. just the banks and they hurt every one all the time. The movie was fun but it really sucked too! They will never find out who did it and I dig that. I hope he got away and lived a great life,but I doubt it.