When a small band of Somali pirates hijacks the MV Maersk Alabama cargo ship, the first
America cargo ship to be highjacked in two hundred years, the Alabama’s Commanding Officer Captain
Richard Phillips is taken hostage.
Based on the true
story of the 2009 hijacking, four desperate Somali Pirates bearing machine
guns board the MV Alabama in hopes
of gaining a fast payday. Captain Phillips, (Tom Hanks), tries to protect his cargo and crew and offers himself up as a hostage so that
his crew can remain safely about the ship.
A tense and
deadly standoff with U.S. Navy warships ensues in the Indian Ocean during a harrowing drama at sea. Phillips’ five day saga on a cramped lifeboat with heavily armed Somali Pirates
hinges on the decisions of the veteran captain.
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With the assistance of the Navy, the SEALS and American
negotiators, Captain Phillips and his ship’s crew are ultimately rescued. Captain Phillips is based on the
memoir, “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at
Sea,” written by Richard Phillips and Stephan Tatty. Starring along with Tom Hanks is Catherine
Keener, who plays his wife. Captain
Phillips was directed by Paul Greengrass (The
Bourne Supremacy and Bourne Ultimatum, and United 93).
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