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Captain Phillips is a biographical action thriller that takes its title from its central character, Richard Phillips (played by Tom Hanks), the real-life skipper of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship, who was taken hostage by a small band of Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean in 2009 while traveling around the Horn of Africa, in the first incident involving pirates capturing an American vessel in nearly 200 years.
The action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of a US-flagged cargo ship.
The disturbing reality of modern-day piracy is explored in this gripping action thriller, based on a true story, about the 2009 seizure of the Maersk Alabama.