Captain Phillips
Summary
Captain Phillipsis a fairly accurate retelling of the highjacking of theMaersk Alabama , but the flick does n’t make it clear how long Richard Phillips and the ship ’s crew were hold hostage by the Somali buccaneer . Thetrue story ofCaptain Phillipssaw Somali pirates hijack an American ship for the first clock time in almost 200 year . Bythe end ofCaptain Phillips , the work party of theMaersk Alabamaand Captain Phillips made it out mostly unscathed , but they still had to suffer a torturous experience . Captain Phillipsis one ofthe most acute thrillers establish on a true story , but the true account was even more intense .
The highjacking of theMaersk Alabamawas an incredibly stressful and traumatic case for everyone on board the ship . They were likely fearing for their lives during every minute of their immurement , and every minute in all probability felt like a life . Because of that , the timeline of the hijacking of theMaersk Alabamaand the amount of time both the gang and Richard Phillips spent in the imprisonment of Somali sea robber is incredibly important . alas , Captain Phillipsminimized some parts of the true story , and the actual length of the hijacking is even more annihilating than the movie made it seem .
The Somali literary pirate Abduwali Muse was a major focus of Captain Phillips , but the movie did n’t show his trial , conviction , or imprisonment .
The Crew Of The Maersk Alabama Was Held Hostage For One Day
The Somali pirates attacked and boarded theMaersk Alabamaon April 8 , 2009 . While they quickly took the crew place on the bridge hostage , they were never able to capture the crew members who hid in the locomotive engine way . or else , the pirate sent to enamor them , Abduwali Muse , was offend and captured by the crowd . After the crew sample to exchange Muse for Captain Phillips and the rest of the bridgework work party , the sea robber pick out Phillips surety and left theMaersk Alabamaon a lifeboat , since their skiff had sunk during embarkation .
The pirates left the ship the same mean solar day they board , so the work party of the Maersk Alabama was only held hostage for about a daytime .
The pirates left the ship the same daylight they boarded , so the crew of theMaersk Alabamawas only hold hostage for about a day . Then , on April 9 , the U.S. Navy shipUSS Bainbridgeanswered theMaersk Alabama ’s suffering calls and came to their deliverance . Since none of the crowd members were bruise during the hijacking , they were given a detail of soldiers to playact as armed protective covering and tell to continue their voyage to Kenya ( viaEncyclopedia Britannica ) .
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Captain Phillips Was Held Hostage On The Lifeboat For Four More Days
While the bunch of theMaersk Alabamawas only held hostage for a twenty-four hour period , the same could not be say for Richard Phillips . The sea rover took Captain Phillips with them as a surety when they escaped on the lifeboat , so he was in their captivity for much longer . The literary pirate direct Phillips the same mean solar day they boarded theMaersk Alabama , April 8 , and Phillips would n’t be freed until the pirates were defeat by Navy SEALs on April 12.In totality , Captain Phillips spent five days as the Somali sea rover ' hostage : one with the eternal sleep of the crowd , and four on his own in the lifeboat .
The lifeboat had supplies and urine on board to keep its passengers alive , which is how the pirate were capable to hold out for four days .
How Many Crew Were On Board The Maersk Alabama Cargo Ship When It Was Hijacked
TheMaersk Alabamawas a large lading ship - over 500 feet long - and it required a fairly bad gang to sweep and operate it . As such , theMaersk Alabamahad 20 gang extremity and Captain Phillips , meaning there were 21 Americans on board during the hijacking(viaEncyclopedia Britannica ) . as luck would have it , all 20 of the crew members were wholly unhurt , and Richard Phillips full recover from his strong-arm accidental injury . All of them in all likelihood had some genial and emotional trauma to shell out with after the five day describe byCaptain Phillips , though .
Source : Encyclopedia Britannica
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Cast
star Tom Hanks , Captain Phillips tell the story of the titulary captain whose cargo ship was hijacked by Somalian pirate in 2009 . A fictionalized version of real - life-time events , the film be Captain Phillips and his work party as they fight down for their lives against a chemical group of Somalian buccaneer led by Abduwali Muse . Besides Hanks , Barkhad Abdi and Catherine Keener also star .
Starring Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips tells the story of the titular captain whose cargo ship was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. A fictionalized version of real-life events, the film follows Captain Phillips and his crew as they fight for their lives against a group of Somali pirates led by Abduwali Muse. Besides Hanks, Barkhad Abdi and Catherine Keener also star.
