Is Captain Phillips A True Story. The cargo ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked by four Somali pirates on April 8 2009 whilst in the Indian Ocean. While these efforts slowed the pirates down and even persuaded some of them to turn back they did not keep one group of four pirates all between 17 and 19 years old from boarding the ship where they.
Africa is a Country spoke to Kaizer Matsumunyane about his film and why when Hollywood producers say based on a true story they really mean based on grossly perverse and unabashedly biased interpretation of true events For in Captain Phillips more than anything else it is the truth that has been hijacked. Although Captain Phillips is credited with saving the lives of his crew in the movie the lawsuit filed by nine crewmembers sought to show the opposite is true. Captain Phillips crew who were on board the Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked say that their lives were put in jeopardy because of the decisions made by Phillips.
Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the US.
Answer 1 of 14. The only problem say some members of the real Capt. Just so who is the real Captain Phillips. We all have to remember it is a movie and it is compressing five.