Captain Phillips Page #2

We're getting close with the hoses.

All right. Let me know

when you're ready down there.

Copy that.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

[BEEPING]

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Shane, come up to the bridge.

SHANE:

Okay.

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What's up, Cap? Everything okay?

I don't like the look of that.

[DIALING]

Yeah, Cap.

Chief, I want all your guys on station.

Still in the drill?

This is real-world. Someone coming up

on our starboard quarter.

Got it.

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Port, 5 degrees.

Let's see if they follow us.

Port, 5.

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[BEEPING CONTINUES]

Get the crew back

to their muster stations.

Right.

Attention, all crew.

Return to your muster stations.

[OVER PA]

Repeat, return to your muster stations.

This is not a drill.

This is a real-world situation.

Yeah, Cap.

I want to come up to 122.

Second mate and helmsman

to the bridge.

You're good. Bring her on up.

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Now get me U.S. Maritime Emergency.

[DIALING]

Two skiffs.

Can't tell how many they're carrying.

SHANE:

Copy that.

There's no answer

at the U.S. Maritime Emergency line.

Raise the UKMTO.

Right.

What's up?

We got two skiffs approaching.

Get on the radar.

Yeah, this is the Maersk Alabama.

Here's the captain.

UKMTO.

Operations?

WOMAN:
Receiving.

This is the Maersk Alabama.

Our position is 2 degrees 2 north

by 49 degrees 19 east.

Our course is 180.

Our speed is 17 knots.

We have two skiffs approaching

at a distance of 1.5 miles

with a possible mothership following.

Potential piracy situation.

WOMAN:
Copy, Alabama.

Alert your crew,

get your fire hoses ready

and follow lockdown procedures.

Uh... Yeah. Is that it?

I'm relaying your transmission now,

but chances are it's just fishermen.

They're not here to fish.

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She's really big! Get ready!

You worry about yourself,

skinny rat!

Both skiffs carrying armed men.

Distance?

One and a quarter miles and closing.

[DIALING]

[PHONE RINGS]

Yeah, Cap.

I wanna bring it up to 125.

You're still good.

One twenty-five.

MUSE:
Brothers, we're going

to make a lot of money!

Slow down! The waves are too big!

They're at one mile now, Cap.

Only one mile.

Coalition Warship 237,

this is Maersk Alabama.

Coalition Warship 237,

Maersk Alabama.

[IN DEEP VOICE] Go, Alabama.

[IN NORMAL VOICE] Our position is 2

degrees 2 north by 49 degrees 19 east.

[OVER RADIO] Our course is 180.

Our speed is 18.5 knots.

We are being approached

by two pirate skiffs

with a possible mothership following.

We require immediate assistance.

We have a crew of 20.

We are preparing our weapons now

but request air support if possible.

Copy?

[IN DEEP VOICE] Copy, Alabama.

Be aware, a gunship is in the air.

ETA your position, five minutes.

[IN NORMAL VOICE]

Five minutes. Thank you, 237.

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[ASAD SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

ASAD:

Did you hear that? Did you hear that?

We've got to get out of here!

Turn back, turn back!

What are you doing?

[MEN SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Where are you going?

Come on! Keep going!

SHANE:

Yeah, we got one down.

But the other one's still coming.

Half a mile out.

PHILLIPS:

We need to make a bigger wake.

[PHONE RINGS]

Yeah.

Cancel the limits. One two nine.

Yeah, you're on the edge

with Cylinder Number 5.

Do it.

Port, 5 degrees.

MAN:
Port, 5 degrees.

[SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Faster, faster!

They're at a quarter mile now.

Starboard, 5 degrees.

MAN:
Starboard, 5 degrees.

MUSE:

Hurry, hurry! Go!

ELMI:

We're pushing this engine too hard!

Faster, faster!

[ALL GRUNTING]

[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

[CHATTERING IN SOMALI]

Come on, let's go!

[ENGINE SPUTTERS]

This thing is busted.

Then fix it!

I'm trying!

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[MAN SPEAKING IN SOMALI]

KENNY:
They're not messing around.

Lit us up from miles away.

MAN 1:

Must've been tracking us.

MAN 2:
Why doesn't the

company give us armed guards?

SHANE:

Move it in. The captain's here.

Blips on the radar that are clocking

at 27 knots.

They were moving.

We cannot outrun these guys.

Obviously, we all just went

through a dangerous situation.

Two skiffs, both with armed intruders.

Now, we all know that's a hazard

in these waters, but you performed well.

The ship performed well.

The authorities

have been made aware

so I think we have the situation

well in hand.

From now on,

we just follow our normal duties.

Mate, what do you got?

Yeah. We're all on double shifts

until we make it through these waters.

All right. Chief, can you keep

your engineers on roster?

We'll keep a guy in the ECR

around the clock.

All right. Enjoy your coffee.

CRONAN:

Cap.

They're coming back.

MAN 3:
Amen. Yeah, that's right.

They're coming back.

If they come back, we'll follow procedure.

They worked today, they'll work again.

We got the speed, we got the height,

we got hoses that can sink those skiffs.

We will follow the procedures even if

we have to shut down, lock down,

go dead in the water

and wait for help.

[MEN CLAMORING]

Now, wait. I'm a u...

Okay, I'm a union guy, okay?

Twenty-five years, all right?

I'm telling you now that they're

not paying me enough to fight pirates.

You all signed up for a route

around the Horn of Africa.

What did you expect?

I didn't sign up for the Navy over here.

You signed up for the route.

For a cargo ship.

SHANE:
What did you expect?

MAN 4:

Not getting attacked without weapons.

Why don't we get out of here?

Put room between us.

Go where?

In eight hours,

we could be a hundred miles from here.

KENNY:
Hundred to a 150.

There's five pirate bands

in this part of the world.

You go out 300 miles, you run into one,

go 6, you run into another.

Our job is to move the cargo

as fast as possible. That's the job.

If anybody doesn't like it,

if anybody wants off,

if anybody doesn't like this route

between Salalah, Djibouti

and Mombasa,

come to my office and

sign the paperwork per the union,

and you'll be on the first flight home

out of Mombasa.

Enjoy your coffee.

Let's get back to work.

KENNY:
Go get those guys squared away,

will you?

[LADDER CLANGS]

ASAD:

The ocean was rough. Really rough.

Hufan, I'm telling you,

our boat couldn't take it.

Nothing was working for us.

MUSE:

Hurry up.

We need a bigger one for that ship.

I want this welded by the morning

by tomorrow, got it?

[MAN SPEAKING IN SOMALI]

Elmi.

When will that engine be ready?

We've gotta fix it.

This thing is old and weak.

It's a piece of sh*t.

Shut up and fix it

for your crew of women.

[LAUGHS]

Why don't you give me your engine?

Shut up, Skinny. You talk too much.

I may be skinny, but I'm not a coward.

What did you say?

[GUN C*CKS]

Say it again!

[ASAD SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

You think you're somebody?

Say it again!

[MEN MURMURING]

[WRENCH CLATTERS]

The coward is the first one in the grave.

[SIGHS]

SHANE [OVER RADIO]:

Captain, this is Shane.

Yeah, go ahead.

I think you better get up here.

Coming.

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Where are they?

Port quarter.

One-point-seven miles, captain.

Guy's coming on his own.

PHILLIPS:

Sound the alarm.

Get U.S. Maritime Emergency for me.

[DIALING ON PHONE]

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