Print a new movie starring tom hanks tells the story of captain richard phillips and his experience after somali pirates took control of his ship. The film captain phillips, out in theaters today, dramatizes the story of a reallife pirate attack that gripped the world in april 2009, when somali gunmen boarded the maersk alabama and took its. Phillips, 63, was the captain of the mv maersk alabama in the spring of 2009 when four somali pirates in an open skiff in the indian ocean pursued and boarded the cargo ship he was sailing. With terry macdonald, winstead barnes, johnny day, keith michael gregory. Ordinary that is until, two hundred or so miles off the east coast of africa, armed somali pirates attacked and boarded the freighter. The only problem, say some members of the real capt. The story itself is pretty remarkable, and its made even more so by the fact that it portrays a real incident from 2009, which the real captain phillips wrote a book about in his book. Captain phillips no hero in real life, say ships crew. Oct 11, 20 after surviving pirates, the reallife captain phillips fights job cuts by steve early. The true story of captain phillips and the hijacking of the maersk alabama by somali pirates. Richard phillips was going about his business piloting a cargo ship bound for kenya when four armed somali pirates boarded, taking phillips and. In this fascinating, suspenseful first person account of his capture by somali pirates, which dominated news media for five days in april 2009, captain phillips brings the growing pirate threat up 20 percent in 2009s first quarter to life. Oct 14, 20 sailors who endured the real life attack by somali pirates which forms the basis of oscartipped thriller captain phillips have condemned the version of events shown in the film crew members of. Oct, 20 the story itself is pretty remarkable, and its made even more so by the fact that it portrays a real incident from 2009, which the real captain phillips wrote a book about in his book a captains.
This is a film by paul greengrass, director of two bourne movies and the high lama of queasycam cinema. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Richard phillips was taken hostage aboard one of the maersk alabama s lifeboats. After seeing the movie captain phillips, i got this book wanting to know more about the capture of the maersk alabama, the us cargo ship that was hijacked by somali pirates in 2009, and the ordeal of captain phillips himself, taken hostage by the pirates and held in the ships lifeboat for four days until he was rescued by navy seals. Oct 10, 20 captain phillips, directed by paul greengrass, tells the true story of richard phillips played by a new englandaccented tom hanks, a merchant mariner taken hostage by somali pirates in 2009. Captain phillips is a 20 american biographical dramathriller film directed by paul greengrass and starring tom hanks and barkhad abdi. The hijacking also inspired the 20 film captain phillips starring tom hanks. The story of the incident was reported in the 2010 book a captains duty by stephan talty and captain richard phillips, who had been master of the vessel at the time of the incident. Based on a true story of a hijacking by somali pirates, captain phillips begins as something of a procedural about men at work and morphs into a jittery thriller. President obama had authorized the use of force if capt. All of this is the basis for captain phillips, starring tom hanks as the titular, reallife hero. After failing to seize the maersk alabama, the three remaining somali pirates were dramatically shot dead while holding captain richard phillips hostage aboard a powerless lifeboat.
Richard phillips was believed to be in danger, so u. Captain phillips torn from the headlines, but tells an old. Tom hanks phillips employs almost all the same strategies the reallife captain did to save his crew and himself from the armed pirates. Oct 26, 20 american sea captain richard phillips was held hostage for five days after his container ship maersk alabama was boarded by somali pirates en route to djibouti. Tom hanks, captain phillips and the true story of somali. The movie is very true to the real story, as richard phillips described it in his book, a captains duty. Oct 12, 20 the true tale of richard phillips, the captain of a cargo ship taken hostage by somali pirates in 2009, is so thrilling that screenwriters hardly needed to add any extra drama. The real maersk alabamasomali pirate story never seen. Would have been scary out there and captain phillips did everything a regular human being would have done to survive the somali pirates. American sea captain richard phillips was held hostage for five days after his container ship maersk alabama was boarded by somali pirates en route to djibouti. The true story of captain phillips richard phillips vs. However, the heroic stories of the maersk alabamas crew and the u. Richard phillips was going about his business piloting a cargo ship bound for kenya when four armed somali pirates boarded, taking phillips and h. Jun 22, 2009 this is a new docudrama from the discovery channel, it tells what happened at high seas with the somali pirates that took maersk alabama and its crew for hostage.
The true tale of richard phillips, the captain of a cargo ship taken hostage by somali pirates in 2009, is so thrilling that screenwriters hardly needed to add any extra drama. When somali pirates captured captain richard phillips in 2009, his large irishamerican family gathered at a. Captains book details how he foiled and infuriated somali. This is a new docudrama from the discovery channel, it tells what happened at high seas with the somali pirates that took maersk alabama and its crew for hostage. Discovery channels somali pirate takedown the real.
Captain phillips true story vs movie real captain richard. The biopic is based on these events in the life of captain richard phillips, as conveyed in his book a captains duty. The lead hijacker of the mv maersk alabamafamous for his huge grin after his arrestis suing his dentists from prison. The true tale of richard phillips,the captain of a cargo ship taken hostage by somali pirates in 2009, is so thrilling that screenwriters hardly needed to add any extra drama. Somali pirates, navy seals, and dangerous days at sea paperback january 18, 2011. In a failed attempt to get the pirates to leave, phillips gave them. Of irish descent, phillips was born in massachusetts, and graduated from winchester high school in 1973. Somali pirates inside story told through eyewitness accounts, exclusive navy footage and hijacked with extra facts, this is. Sailors who endured the reallife attack by somali pirates which forms the basis of oscartipped thriller captain phillips have condemned the version of events shown in the film. Four armed somali pirates scurried up the side of a large cargo ship, maersk alabama, and took the crew and phillips hostage. The true story of captain richard phillips and the 2009 hijacking by somali pirates of the u. In rescue of captain, navy kills 3 pirates the new york. Somali pirates, navy seals, and dangerous days at sea. In the captain phillips movie, tom hankss character tries to tell the pirates that they had pushed the ship too hard and that it was broken.
It describes the takeover of the ship by four young pirates and their insistence on a ransom of millions of dollars. Jun 30, 2018 the lead hijacker of the mv maersk alabamafamous for his huge grin after his arrestis suing his dentists from prison. Captain phillips is a multilayered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the u. Captain phillips stars tom hanks as a highseas hostage. Jan 31, 2014 the true story of captain phillips and the hijacking of the maersk alabama by somali pirates. Oct 10, 20 captain phillips stars oscarwinner tom hanks as richard phillips, whose cargo ship, the maersk alabama, was seized by somali pirates off the horn of africa in 2009.
Somali pirates inside story told through eyewitness accounts, exclusive navy footage and hijacked with extra facts, this is the story of captain phillips. Apr 19, 2017 captain richard phillips hanks and his crew are carrying freight around the horn of africa when four somali pirates forcefully take over their ship, the mv maersk alabama. It is through director paul greengrasss distinctive lens simultaneously a pulsepounding thriller, and a. Captain phillips condenses the story of the maersk alabama hijacking, omitting a few details, changing a few others, and, in paul greengrass signature style, zooming in on the key events in a. Tom hanks, captain phillips and the true story of somali piracy. Phillips enrolled at the university of massachusetts amherst. Does feelgood captain phillips film unfairly depict. The real story behind the somali pirate capture of the maersk alabama and the kill shots that saved the life of captain richard phillips. Merchant captain taken hostage in 2009 by somali pirates. Does feelgood captain phillips film unfairly depict somali. Apr 01, 2020 maersk alabama hijacking, incident involving the seizure of a u.
Oct 11, 20 based on a true story of a hijacking by somali pirates, captain phillips begins as something of a procedural about men at work and morphs into a jittery thriller. When somali pirates captured captain richard phillips in. Captain phillips, directed by paul greengrass, tells the true story of richard phillips played by a new englandaccented tom hanks, a merchant mariner taken hostage by. Maersk alabama hijacking, incident involving the seizure of a u. Its the story told through the eyes of captain phillips. Jun 02, 2014 i had the good fortune to speak at a conference where captain phillips was the keynote speaker. Oct 10, 20 the most shocking moment in captain phillips, which recreates the ordeal of a freighter captain kidnapped by somali pirates, comes in the very first shot. The most shocking moment in captain phillips, which recreates the ordeal of a freighter captain kidnapped by somali pirates, comes in the very first shot. A story of adventure and courage, it provides the intimate details of this highseas hostagetakingthe unbearable heat, the death threats, the mock executions, and the escape attempt. Oct 10, 20 the movie is very true to the real story, as richard phillips described it in his book, a captains duty.
Richard phillips born may 16, 1955 is an american merchant mariner and author who served as captain of the mv maersk alabama during its hijacking by somali pirates in april 2009. Oct 16, 20 its the story told through the eyes of captain phillips. Crew members of the maersk alabama, which suffered the raid off the coast of lawless somalia in april 2009. Captain phillips star barkhad abdi is broke telegraph. There may be little proven connection between the somali pirates depicted in the new film captain phillips and the al shabab militants targeted last saturday, but the new tom hanks movie, directed. Although the crew eventually repelled the attackers, capt. A captains duty tells the lifeanddeath drama of the vermont native who was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off somalias anarchic, gunplagued shores.
A captain s duty tells the lifeanddeath drama of the vermont native who was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off somalias anarchic, gunplagued shores. They needed to kill three somali pirates one of whom was inside the pilot house of the lifeboat and they needed to do it simultaneously to save the life of hostage captain richard phillips. Following the hijacking, phillips published a book titled a captains duty. Oct 11, 20 four armed somali pirates scurried up the side of a large cargo ship, maersk alabama, and took the crew and phillips hostage. Barkhad abdi, whose performance as a somali pirate in captain phillips earnt him a bafta for best supporting actor and a nomination for an academy award, is reportedly struggling to make a living. After surviving pirates, the reallife captain phillips. The film received academy award recognition in 2014, and was nominated for 6 oscars.
The film is inspired by the true story of the 2009 maersk alabama hijacking, an incident during which merchant mariner captain richard phillips was taken hostage by somali pirates in the guardafui channel led by abduwali muse. Three teenage pirates were killed and one captured in the raid. Real story not quite as tidy as captain phillips portland. Captain phillips true story popsugar entertainment. Tom hanks is great and theres even a fleeting nod to the somali perspective, but the real hero of captain phillips is the us navy, writes alex. Sailors who endured the reallife attack by somali pirates which forms the basis of oscartipped thriller captain phillips have condemned the version of events shown in the film crew members of. Captain phillips condenses the story of the maersk alabama hijacking, omitting a few details, changing a few others, and, in paul greengrass signature style, zooming in. Oct 10, 20 i enjoyed reading this book after i watched the movie and seeing the real story. Oct, 20 all of this is the basis for captain phillips, starring tom hanks as the titular, reallife hero. With tom hanks, barkhad abdi, barkhad abdirahman, catherine keener. I had the good fortune to speak at a conference where captain phillips was the keynote speaker. Mar 05, 2014 barkhad abdi, whose performance as a somali pirate in captain phillips earnt him a bafta for best supporting actor and a nomination for an academy award, is reportedly struggling to make a living. The captain phillips true story reveals that the reallife captain did in fact try to pretend that the ship was broken in order to delay the progress of the somali pirates.