Mon 14 Oct 2013 09.14 EDT Sailors who endured the real-life attack by Somali pirates which forms the basis of Oscar-tipped thriller Captain Phillips have condemned the version of events shown Tom Hanks has his sea legs, after being marooned in 2000's "Cast Away." But it wasn't sea sickness that took its toll on the star of Sony's upcoming "Captain Phillips." "It's a story that operates
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
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THE STORY – In April 2009, the U.S. containership Maersk Alabama sails toward its destination on a day that seems like any other. Suddenly, Somali pirates race toward the vessel, climb aboard, and take everyone hostage. The captain of the ship, Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), looks to protect his crew from the hostile invaders and their leader, Muse […]
Captain Phillips could easily have been a simplistic action/rescue thriller or a maudlin made-for-TV potboiler, but instead it’s a powerful film even as it tries to strip the mythmaking out of a MUnZ.
