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Synopsis: Captain Phillips is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is - through director Paul Greengrass's distinctive lens - simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller, and 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), and the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and 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.
Director(s): Paul Greengrass
Production: Sony Pictures
  Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 144 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
PG-13
Year:
2013
134 min
$107,100,855
Website
8,733 Views


[HORN BLARES

THEN SIREN WAILING]

Muster stations. This is not a drill.

Everyone to muster stations.

[OVER PA] This is not a drill.

Come on.

MAN 1:

Sh*t.

MAN 2:

Come on. Let's go. Go.

[PHONE RINGS]

Yeah, Cap.

They're coming back.

I want max revs. Take the limits off.

Copy that. Canceling all limits.

Five degrees starboard.

Starboard, 5 degrees.

[]

Get ready.

U.S. Maritime Emergency line.

This is the Maersk Alabama.

We are under pirate attack at a...

What's happening?

SHANE:
Ken, get out here.

I need eyes on the wing. Skiff coming in.

I'm on it.

PHILLIPS:
Our course is 166.

Our speed is 19 knots.

Copy that, Alabama.

Relaying to military channels now.

Copy that.

SHANE:

They're coming in fast, Cap.

[STATIC CRACKLING OVER RADIO]

Alabama.

Alabama ship.

Somali coast guard.

This is a routine check.

Stop your ship now.

We are coming aboard.

We're here to help you.

Shane, they're dead astern.

Jesus Christ.

MIKE:
Yeah, Cap.

We're gonna need the hoses.

Yeah, your pumps are good.

Count it down for me, Shane.

SHANE:
Yeah. They're at 800 yards.

Prepare for hard turns.

MUSE:
Stop now!

SHANE:

Standing by.

MUSE:

Alabama, this is your final warning.

Stop the ship.

They're not stopping.

Show them who we are, Muse.

[IN SOMALI] Shoot at them!

[GUNFIRE]

Shots fired! Shots fired! Hit the hoses.

[MACHINE WHIRRING]

Turn!

[SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

KENNY:

Coming in close, Cap.

[GRUNTING]

[SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Shane! Hose seven has slipped.

Bay 17. I'm on it. Sh*t.

Be careful.

I'm on Channel 3.

It's clear over there!

KENNY:

They're coming back in.

MUSE:

Untie the ladder.

Give me the other one.

[SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Shoot him!

Let's go, let's go!

Hurry up, Bilal.

Move your ass, kid.

[GRUNTING]

[MUSE SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Channel 3. Shane, get out of there.

Get everybody

down to the engine room.

I need you in command there.

MUSE:

Stop him!

[GROANS]

All crew! All crew!

All crew to the engine room!

All crew to the engine room now!

MAN 1:

Come on, let's go. Move it.

MAN 2:

Come on, men.

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

MUSE:

Higher. Get it higher.

Port, 30 degrees.

KENNY:
Port, 30 degrees.

Hook it on!

They got the ladder up.

Starboard, 30 degrees.

KENNY:

Starboard, 30 degrees.

Get out of my way.

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Port, 30 degrees.

KENNY:
Port, 30 degrees.

Starboard, 30 degrees.

Starboard, 30.

MAN:

Someone's shooting at us.

CRONAN:
Hang on.

Just get together against the wall.

Cronan. Cronan.

CRONAN:
Yeah.

SHANE:
Hold them by the door.

We'll get a head count.

Go down to the door.

Mike?

MIKE:
Yeah.

How long till you can shut her down?

Five minutes.

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Four pirates on board.

[OVER PA] Four pirates, coming

towards us down the main deck.

Lock down the bridge.

SHANE:
Yeah.

PHILLIPS:
Listen up.

We have been boarded by four armed pirates.

You know the drill.

We stay hidden no matter what.

I don't want any hostages.

[SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

We stay locked down until help arrives.

No one comes out until you hear

the nonduress password, "suppertime."

[GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE]

Jesus.

If the pirates find you, remember,

you know the ship.

They don't.

Make them feel like they're in charge

but keep them away from the generator

and the engine controls.

[GUNSHOT]

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Stick together,

and we'll be all right.

Good luck.

SHANE:
Take everybody to the

bottom of the engine room.

Hide them behind the cylinders.

Try to split them

into groups of threes and fours.

[]

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

[GUNFIRE]

Hey! Don't move! Don't move!

KENNY:

Okay, okay.

NAJEE:
Don't move, I said! Don't move!

All right. All right.

Okay.

Okay. All right. Okay.

NAJEE:

Don't move! We have four!

All right, all right.

NAJEE:
Don't move! We have four! Four!

[SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

No, no.

[IN SOMALI]

Get away. Get over there.

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

Captain.

Relax. Nobody get hurt.

No al Qaeda here.

Just business. We want money.

When we get paid,

everything gonna be okay.

The ship.

Where from?

The ship? Uh, America.

It's an American ship.

America? Ha-ha-ha. Yes! Yes!

You?

Yankee?

Me? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Yankee-Irish. Yeah.

[IN SOMALI] From now on this

one is called Irish, okay?

Irish. Irish.

[PIRATES CHATTERING IN SOMALI]

Okay, Irish. What else you carrying?

What do you mean?

TV? Car?

TV and car...? No, no.

We just got the food...

Dollars?

Uh...

We do. Kenny?

Kenny, what do we have in the safe?

We got like, what, $30,000 in the safe?

KENNY:
Uh... Uh...

Yeah, we got like... We have...

In the safe, we got $30,000.

It's yours.

Thirty thousand dollars?

What am I? Do I look like a beggar?

[MACHINES WHIRRING]

[MACHINES POWERING DOWN

THEN MONITORS BEEPING]

ELMI:

What's that?

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

PHILLIPS:

It's all right.

[IN SOMALI]

Hey, calm down! Calm down.

CRONAN:

Get back there.

SHANE:

Yeah, yeah, over here.

[]

We got a problem.

We pushed the ship too hard.

We're off the grid.

That means

the computer's now off-line.

The ship's broken.

No one get hurt

if you don't play no game.

Uh... It's... The ship's broken.

We had to go...

Nobody gets hurt. Easy.

Hey!

Look at me.

Sure.

Look at me.

Sure.

I'm the captain now.

[]

[IN SOMALI]

Watch this ugly one.

[SPEAKS IN SOMALI]

[MACHINE BEEPING]

NAJEE [IN SOMALI]:

What are you doing?

MUSE:

I'm going to fix it.

Do you know how?

Hold the gun on him.

NAJEE:

I've got him, don't worry.

[MACHINE BEEPS]

[BEEPING RAPIDLY]

Don't mess with anything

you don't know.

Come on, man.

What are you doing?

Just take care of that guy.

BILAL:

Stop the games.

[]

I don't know. I don't know.

I'm here with you.

Where is your crew?

I don't know. Here, I'll call them up.

I'll get them up here,

all right?

This is the captain speaking.

The pirates demand all crew members

to the bridge. All...

Every crew,

one minute, I will kill someone.

One minute.

Another minute, I kill somebody.

I kill all your friends. One minute.

I will no call again.

[IN SOMALI] Get that one and

put him against the wall.

I'm trying...

No, I'm doing the best...

No play. No play.

PHILLIPS:
I'm doing the best I can.

Easy, I kill you. Easy.

[PIRATES SHOUTING IN SOMALI]

No, no. Look. You don't have to do that.

PHILLIPS:
Come on.

Take it easy, take it easy. No, no, no.

No, look, look.

Stop play!

Don't shoot him. Don't shoot him.

You're gonna shoot somebody, shoot me.

Where is the crew, Irish?

Forty seconds!

I don't know. I'm here with you.

MUSE:

No. Where is the crew?

I see nobody.

I'm the captain. I'm the captain.

Thirty second!

If you're gonna shoot somebody,

you shoot me.

You killing him.

PHILLIPS:
It's my ship.

Listen to me.

You killing him.

I'm the captain.

I'm the captain, not them.

NAJEE:
Twenty second!

PHILLIPS:
This is between us.

I'm trying to straighten this out. Are you?

This is how you solve your problems?

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Billy Ray

William "Billy" Ray is an American screenwriter and director. He began writing for television and movies in 1994 with Color of Night. He has written numerous movies including Volcano and Hart's War. He was one of the creators and writers of the science fiction show Earth 2. On August 10, 2015, it was announced that he will be writing the screenplay that Martin Scorsese will direct of an adaptation of The Devil in the White City, which will star Leonardo DiCaprio. more…

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