Captain Phillips (English, Italian, Spanish, DVD)

Tom Hanks stars in this Academy Award-nominated drama directed by Paul Greengrass based on the real life hijacking of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates. The Maersk Alabama became the first US cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years when heavily armed Somalis boarded the vessel on the 8th of April 2009. As commander of the ship, Captain Richard Phillips (Hanks) inevitably found himself at the heart of events. Held hostage by the pirates under the command of Muse (Barkhad Abdi), Phillips attempts to protect both his crew and ship to the best of his ability. However, as the drama plays out and Phillips spends more time in the company of his Somali captors, he gradually comes to realise that they have a story, too. Far from the greedy, heartless thugs of pirate lore, the Somalis may well represent the forces of globalisation as surely as the Maersk Alabama - the underside. With the stakes high, the crisis intensifies and someone will have to pay the price... The film was nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Abdi) and won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor (Abdi).

General

Studio:	Sony Pictures Home Ent
Release date:	September 2016
Movie released:	2013
Actors:	Tom Hanks • Catherine Keener • Barkhad Abdi • Barkhad Addirahman • Faysal Ahmed • Mahat M. Ali • Michael Chernus • David Warshofsky • Corey Johnson • Chris Mulkey
Contributors:	Billy Ray • Dana Brunetti • Michael DeLuca • Scott Rudin • Henry Jackman • Barry Ackroyd
Directors:	Paul Greengrass
Dimensions:	197 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages:	English • Italian • Spanish
Subtitles:	Danish • English • Finnish • Hindi • Italian • Norwegian • Spanish • Swedish
Age restriction:	12
Categories:	DVD > Drama DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	X1C-TFV-YLE-2
Barcode:	5035822892811

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• Interactive Menus
• Commentary: Commentary with director Paul Greengrass
• Other Documentary: 'Capturing 'Captain Phillips''

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Tue, 2 Oct 2018 | Review by: Hilton A.

great film

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