"Captain Phillips" directed by Paul Greengrass, written by Billy Ray and starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat M. Ali hits theaters today on October 11.

April 2009: An American ship captain was held at gunpoint by four Somali pirates inside a lifeboat. The U.S. Navy was on the scene, but Richard Phillips did not see how they could possibly rescue him.

And then, as they are leaving in the lifeboat, the pirates contrive to kidnap captain Phillips, to salvage some of their catch’s value. Now, this is all pretty standard thriller construction.

In the second act, Muse and his crew break off from the lead ship (and the other small skiff boat) and pursue the Alabama. Despite the best efforts of Phillips and his unarmed crew, Muse and his ...

T om Hanks' 2013 movie Captain Phillips was based on a true story, and it was surprisingly accurate about what actually ...

Tom Hanks is returning to the big screen in the drama-thriller Captain Phillips, sailing into theaters Oct. 11.. The two-time Oscar winner spoke to E! News at the New York Film Festival last night ...

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The movie follows Captain Phillips (Tom Hanks) as he and his crew travel along the coast of the Horn of Africa to deliver food, water, and fuel to different countries.

There’s a message buried deep inside the hull of “Captain Phillips” about everyone serving an economic master, no matter if you’re a pirate from Somalia or a ship captain from America.

Captain Phillips, Paul Greengrass' tense movie about the April 2009 hijacking of the freighter Maersk Alabama by four Somali pirates, is a love song to the patience-through-overwhelming-fire ...

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi and director Paul Greengrass at a press conference for the film "Captain Phillips," at the New York Film Festival, Sept. 27, 2013. CBS News/David Morgan ...

The last 15 minutes of “Captain Phillips” are perhaps the most compelling moments of film this year. They will leave you shivering. Not that there’s anything shoddy about the previous two ...