CAPTAIN PHILLIPS – First Intense Trailer Arrives

Captain Phillips is played by Tom Hanks in the new film by director Paul Greengrass. The intense drama is based on the true story of the 2009 Somali pirates hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama. Captain Phillips also stars Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chernus, Chris Mulkey, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John Magaro, and Angus MacInnes.

Synopsis:

Columbia Pictures’ action-thriller Captain Phillips stars two-time Oscar® winner Tom Hanks in the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. The film is directed by Oscar® nominee Paul Greengrass, from a screenplay by Billy Ray and based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca.

Watch the first Captain Phillips trailer below:

Captain Phillips arrives in theaters on October 11th, 2013.

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