Who played Captain Phillips in the 2013 film of that name?
Captain Phillips (film) and him, and stated that he was only disappointed that the film didn't show footage of the crews' families at home or the president's comments on the hijacking. Captain Phillips (film) Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical drama-thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi. 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 pirates in the Indian Ocean led by Abduwali Muse. The screenplay by Billy Ray is based on the 2010 book "A Captain's
Captain Phillips (film) of the best of 2013. "Captain Phillips" was released on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on January 21, 2014. 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, claiming that Phillips was not as heroic as the film depicts him. Mike Perry, the chief engineer of the "Maersk Alabama", also asserted in a CNN interview that the film does not tell the true story. The film's director Paul Greengrass publicly stated that he "stands behind the authenticity of "Captain Phillips"," despite complaints