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Captain Phillips

Theatrical release poster

Directed by Paul Greengrass

Produced by Michael De Luca

Dana Brunetti

Scott Rudin

Written by Billy Ray

Based on A Captain's Duty: Somali

Pirates, Navy SEALs, and

Dangerous Days at Sea by

Richard Phillips

Stephan Talty

Starring Tom Hanks

Barkhad Abdi

Music by Henry Jackman

Cinematography Barry Ackroyd

Editing by Christopher Rouse

Studio Michael De Luca Productions

Scott Rudin Productions

Trigger Street Productions

Distributed by Columbia Pictures

Release dates October 11, 2013

Running time 133 minutes[1]

Country United States

Captain Phillips (film)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Captain Phillips is a 2013 American action thriller filmdirected by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks andBarkhad Abdi. The film tells how merchant marinerCaptain Richard Phillips was taken hostage by Somalipirates in the Indian Ocean during the Maersk Alabamahijacking in 2009 led by Abduwali Muse.

The screenplay by Billy Ray is based upon the book, ACaptain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, andDangerous Days at Sea (2010), by Richard Phillips withStephan Talty. The film was produced by Scott Rudin,

Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca.[3] The premiere

was at the 2013 New York Film Festival.[4] It was

released on October 11, 2013.[5]

Contents

1 Plot2 Cast3 Production

3.1 Development3.2 Filming3.3 Music

4 Box office5 Critical reception6 Home Media7 Accolades8 Historical accuracy9 See also10 References11 External links

Plot

Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) takes command of theMV Maersk Alabama from Port of Salalah in Oman,with orders to sail through the Gulf of Aden toMombasa. Wary of pirate activity off the coast ofSomalia, he orders security precautions on the vessel.During one training exercise, the vessel was chased bySomali pirates in two skiffs, but Phillips succeeds inoutrunning the pirates. Four pirates return the next dayled by Abduwali Muse (Barkhad Abdi) in a faster skiff,carrying a ladder they had hastily welded. Despite thebest efforts of Phillips and his crew, the pirates are able

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Language English

Somali

Budget $55 million

Box office $199,300,578[2]

Tom Hanks (left) portrayed Richard Phillips

(right).

to board and take control of the Maersk Alabama,capturing the captain while most of his crew hides in theship's engine room. Muse, under orders from a localfaction leader, hopes to ransom the ship and crew inexchange for insurance money from the shippingcompany.

The crew manages to evade Muse and cut both engine power and the ship's emergency power, and capturethe pirate leader. Negotiating with the remaining pirates, the crewmen arrange a trade of Phillips for Museaboard the ship's lifeboat, only to have the pirates launch the boat with Phillips still aboard, hoping toexchange the captain for a ransom. As the lifeboat heads for the shore, tensions flare between the pirates asthey run low on khat, lose contact with their mother ship, and are later intercepted by the U.S. Navydestroyer USS Bainbridge. Once additional U.S. Navy ships arrive, Phillips tries to negotiate with Muse,who asserts that he has come too far and will not surrender. In the meantime, the Bainbridge's captain FrankCastellano (Yul Vazquez) is ordered to prevent the pirates from reaching the mainland by whatever meansnecessary.

That night, Phillips is able to escape and swims towards the ships. The navy cannot identify the swimmer asPhillips and therefore takes no action. The pirates catch up to him quickly and fire shots at him, scaring himinto surrendering. The further agitated pirates are also unaware that a SEAL Team has arrived nearby to takecontrol of the situation. While three SEAL marksmen get into positions to fire a difficult shot at each of thepirates, Castellano and the SEALs continue to try to negotiate with the pirates, eventually taking the lifeboatunder tow. Eventually, Muse agrees to board the Bainbridge, believing he will join his clan elders innegotiating Phillips's ransom. In the lifeboat, one of the more agitated pirates, Najee, catches Phillips writinga goodbye note to his wife. When he tries to take the note away, Phillips attacks Najee, but is quicklyrestrained. Najee decides to take full control and attempts to execute Phillips. As they tie him up andblindfold him, the Bainbridge crew stop the tow. The three SEAL marksmen finally all get three clear shotsand simultaneously kill the rest of the pirates. On board the Bainbridge, Muse is taken into custody andarrested for piracy. Phillips is rescued and treated as he goes into shock, but not before continuouslythanking the rescue team for saving his life.

Cast

Tom Hanks as Richard Phillips, captain of the MVMaersk AlabamaBarkhad Abdi as Abduwali Muse, pirate leaderCatherine Keener as Andrea Phillips

Faysal Ahmed as NajeeMichael Chernus as Shane Murphy, first officer ofMV Maersk AlabamaDavid Warshofsky as Mike Perry, chief engineer,MV Maersk AlabamaCorey Johnson as Ken Quinn, helmsman, MVMaersk AlabamaChris Mulkey as John Cronan, senior crew member,MV Maersk AlabamaYul Vazquez as Commander Frank Castellano,commanding officer, USS BainbridgeMax Martini as U.S. Navy SEAL commanderOmar Berdouni as Nemo, Somali-language translator working for the US Navy as part of Mission

Essential[6]

Mohamed Ali as Asad


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Barkhad Abdi portrayed

Abduwali Muse

Barkhad Abdirahman as BilalMahat M. Ali as ElmiIssak Farah Samatar as Hufan

Production

Development

Shortly after the publication of Richard Phillips's memoir A Captain's Dutyin 2010, Sony Pictures optioned the film rights. In March 2011, actor TomHanks attached himself to the project after reading a draft of the screenplay

by Billy Ray.[7] During the following June, director Paul Greengrass was

offered the helm of the then-untitled film adaptation.[8] A worldwide searchsubsequently began to find the film's supporting Somali cast. From thissearch, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat M.Ali were chosen from among more than 700 participants at a 2011 castingcall at the Brian Coyle Community Center in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis.According to the search casting director, Debbie DeLisi, the four actors wereselected because they were "the chosen ones, that anointed group that stuck

out."[9]

Producers visited the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum to see the bullet-scarred, five-ton fiberglasslifeboat aboard which the pirates held Capt. Phillips hostage so that they could accurately re-create the boat

and interiors for the set.[10] They were also able to view an example of the Boeing Insitu ScanEagle UAV,

used to monitor the crisis,[11] as well as the Mark 11 Mod 0 (SR-25) sniper rifle, (the type used by the U.S.Navy SEALs), both on display at the museum also.

Filming

Principal photography for Captain Phillips began on March 26, 2012.[12] Filming took place off the coast of

Malta in the Mediterranean Sea.[5][13] Nine weeks were spent aboard the Alexander Maersk, a container ship

identical to the Maersk Alabama, that was chartered on commercial terms.[14]

Music

The film score to Captain Phillips was composed by Henry Jackman.[15] A soundtrack album for the film

was released in physical forms on October 15, 2013 by Varèse Sarabande.[16] Additional songs featured in

the film include:[17]

"Up In Here" by KOVAS"Hilm B Hilm" by Musa Hanhan"Wonderful Tonight" by Eric Clapton"The End" by John Powell, a track from Greengrass' 2006 film United 93

Box office

As of December 8, 2013, Captain Phillips has grossed $103,500,578 in North America, and $95,800,000 in

other countries, for a worldwide total of $199,300,578.[2]


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Critical reception

Captain Phillips premiered on September 28, 2013, opening the 2013 New York Film Festival. The film waspraised for its direction, screenplay, production values, cinematography, and the performances of Tom Hanks

and Barkhad Abdi.[18][19][20]

Captain Phillips received widespread critical acclaim. Film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports a95% approval critic response based on 220 reviews, with a "Certified Fresh" and an average score of 8.3/10.The site's consensus reads: "Smart, powerfully acted, and incredibly intense, Captain Phillips offersfilmgoers a Hollywood biopic done right—and offers Tom Hanks a showcase for yet another brilliant

performance."[21] Metacritic gives the film a score of 83% based on 48 reviews of a "Universal

Acclaim".[22]

Home Media

Captain Phillips will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 21, 2014.

Accolades


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Awards

Award Category Recipients and nominees Result

American Film

Institute[23] Top Ten Films of the YearMichael De Luca, Dana Brunetti, andScott Rudin

Won

Detroit Film Critics

Society[24]

Best Director Paul Greengrass Pending

Best Actor Tom Hanks Pending

Best Supporting Actor Barkhad Abdi Pending

Online Film Critics

Society[25]



People's Choice Awards Favorite Dramatic Movie Pending

Phoenix Film Critics

Society[26]

Best Picture Pending


Best Actor in a LeadingRole

Tom Hanks Pending

Best Screenplay -Adaptation

Billy Ray Pending

Best Film Editing Pending

San Diego Film Critics

Society[27]

Best Actor Tom Hanks Nominated

Best Adapted Screenplay Billy Ray Nominated

Best Editing Christopher Rouse Won

Satellite Awards[28]

Best Motion Picture Pending


Best Actor – MotionPicture

Tom Hanks Pending

Best Adapted Screenplay Billy Ray Pending

Best Sound (Editing andMixing)

Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, and OliverTarney

Pending

Screen Actors Guild

Awards[29]

Outstanding Performanceby a Male Actor in aLeading Role

Tom Hanks Pending

Outstanding Performanceby a Male Actor in aSupporting Role

Barkhad Abdi Pending

St. Louis Gateway Film

Critics Association[30]



Best Adapted Screenplay Billy Ray Pending

Best SceneThe scene near the end of the film whenPhillips is being checked out by militarymedical personnel and breaks down.

Pending


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Washington D.C. AreaFilm Critics

Association[31]Best Adapted Screenplay Billy Ray Nominated

Historical accuracy

In a New York Post article, some of the crew members of the Maersk Alabama accused the film of being

inaccurate in facts and the portrayal of Phillips.[32]

Mike Perry, the Chief Engineer of the Maersk Alabama, also asserted in a CNN interview that the film does

not tell the true story.[33]

Despite complaints of inaccuracy with how the film portrays the events surrounding the hijacking, the film'sdirector, Paul Greengrass, publicly stated that he "stands behind the authenticity of Captain Phillips [...] atthe end of the day, it is easy to make anonymous accusations against a film [...] but the facts are clear [...]Captain Phillips' ship was attacked, and the ship and the crew and its cargo made it safely to port with no

injuries or loss of life [...] That's the story we told, and it's an accurate one."[34]

See also

A Hijacking, a 2012 film on piracy in the Indian OceanPirates of the 20th Century, a 1979 Soviet action/adventure film about modern piracySurvival film

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External links

Official website (http://www.CaptainPhillipsMovie.com)Captain Phillips (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/) at the Internet Movie DatabaseCaptain Phillips (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=captainphillips.htm) at Box OfficeMojoCaptain Phillips (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain_phillips/) at Rotten TomatoesCaptain Phillips (http://www.metacritic.com/movie/captain-phillips) at MetacriticCaptain Phillips (http://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/captain-phillips.php) at History vs.Hollywood

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