THE SKYJACKER
Official Entry Into The NW Emerging Artist Feature Competition
Directed by Jeff Pickett
Portland, 71 minutes
Drama/Thriller
MON APR 20, 7:30pm
Various cast & crew may be in attendance
D.B. Cooper, the perpetrator of the only unsolved domestic hijacking in the United States is the inspiration for The Skyjacker. In the Northwest of the 1970s, a down and almost out loner comes up with an escape plan from his life -- to hijack an airplane and demand a ransom. Cigarettes and bourbon fuel his resolve to pull off the dangerous gambit, which he undertakes with steely-eyed determination. If he can resist the charms of the flight's lovely young stewardess, he just might get away with it.
Jeff Pickett (Director)
Jeff Pickett was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in film studies from Yale University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in film production from the University of Southern California. While living in New York in the early 2000s, Jeff worked as an assistant to the director Julian Schnabel. The Skyjacker, his first feature film, is the product of a 20-year-and-counting collaboration with his Director of Photography, Eric Jensch. The two began making home movies together in 1987.
