Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the US container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates It is
- through director Paul Greengrass&s distinctive lens
- simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller & a complex portrait of the myriad effects of globalization The film focuses on the relationship between the Alabama&s commanding officer Captain Richard Phillips (two time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks) & the Somali pirate captain Muse (Barkhad Abdi) who takes him hostage Phillips & Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse & his crew target Phillips& unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff 145 miles off the Somali coast both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control The film is directed by Academy Award nominee Paul Greengrass from a screenplay by Billy Ray based upon the book A Captain&s Duty Somali Pirates Navy SEALs & Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty The film is produced by Scott Rudin Dana Brunetti & Michael De Luca Actors Tom Hanks Barkhad Abdi Barkhad Abdirahman Faysal Ahmed Mahat M Ali Michael Chernus Catherine Keener David Warshofsky Corey Johnson Chris Mulkey Yul Vazquez Max Martini Omar Berdouni Mohamed Ali & Issak Farah Samatar Director Paul Greengrass Certificate 12 years & over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen 2401 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages English Audio Description ; Italian ; Spansih Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Danish ; English ; Finnish ; Hindi ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Spanish ; Swedish Duration 2 hours & 14 minutes (approx)