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Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action-thriller film [4] [5] [6] directed by Paul Greengrass.Based on the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, the film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, an American merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates.
Barkhad Abdi (Somali: Barkhad Cabdi, [barxad ʕabdi]; [1] born April 10, 1985) is a Somali–American actor. He made his acting debut as the pirate Abduwali Muse in the biographical drama film Captain Phillips (2013), which earned him a British Academy Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, along with Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse (Somali: عبدالولي موسى, Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse; pronounced [ʕabdiweli ʕabdiqaːdir muːse]; English pronunciation ⓘ; born 1990) is a Somali pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. [2]
While shooting the 2013 biographical drama Captain Phillips, which tells the story of the 2009 siege of the Danish–U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama by four Somali pirates, Hanks had to shoot what ...
He also starred alongside Tom Hanks as one of the captured crew aboard the Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia in the 2013 film Captain Phillips.
Aasheim had previously been captain of the Maersk Alabama until Richard Phillips relieved him eight days prior to the pirate attack. An 18-man marine security team was on board. [15] The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation secured the ship as a crime scene. [16] Phillips was held captive in the lifeboat by Somali pirates for five days.
Next weekend, the Oscar-winning actor comes to big screens in the titular role in Columbia Pictures' Captain Phillips. If you're Sony , you turn to Hollywood's top earner: Tom Hanks.
Phillips publicly thanks sailors for his dramatic rescue at sea. American publisher Hyperion Books optioned the rights for Phillips' memoir in May 2009. [42] On April 6, 2010, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea, was released. [43] [44] [45]