The Skyjacker's Tale

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The Skyjacker's Tale

2017

1h 16m

Documentary

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The mastermind behind a nightclub massacre in the Virgin Islands stages an airline hijacking to escape to Cuba.

Katie Walsh

Los Angeles Times

07/14/2017

Shocking and powerfully absorbing

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Matt Fagerholm

RogerEbert.com

06/30/2017

3/4

An engrossing account of a story that is as relevant as ever and as American as apple pie.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

06/29/2017

While it falls somewhere short of being a great documentary, "The Skyjacker's Tale" may have one of the great documentary gets.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

09/23/2020

2.5/4.0

Doesn't exactly make for riveting cinema, though it does present an involving and original story.

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Phil Guie

Film-Forward.com

03/21/2019

3/5

One can view The Skyjacker's Tale as an attempt to correct a possible miscarriage of justice, but it's also a highly empathic tale of someone who made a desperate stab at freedom...

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Dan Schindel

Paste Magazine

06/30/2017

4.5/10

Despite the intriguing subject matter, this documentary can't stay in the air.

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Synopsis

The mastermind behind a nightclub massacre in the Virgin Islands stages an airline hijacking to escape to Cuba.

Director: Jamie Kastner
Producer: Jamie Kastner, Lauren Kastner
Screenwriter: Jamie Kastner
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Strand Releasing
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 30, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 26, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.3K
Runtime: 1h 16m