Story of captain phillips film

The true tale of Richard Phillips, the captain of a cargo ship taken hostage by Somali pirates inis so thrilling that screenwriters hardly needed to add any extra drama. Captain Phillips, who had a reputation as a no-nonsense captain, ran several emergency drills on the Alabama during the voyage, including one that the pirates interrupted, as depicted in the film.

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When Phillips spotted the pirate boats coming his way, he got on his radio and faked a call to a U. Navy warship, dropping his accent to play the voice of the Navy responder, so that the pirates might overhear the exchange on their radios and think that assistance was on the way.

In the movie, the mothership and two speed boats are pursuing the Alabama at that time, and the mothership and one of the speedboats turn back. In reality, the Alabama had one more speedboat in addition to those other boats in pursuit.

In the film, the Alabama crew craftily lays broken glass on the ground for one of the pirates who is barefoot to step on when he enters the engine room where they are hiding. The injury forces the pirate with the bloody foot and Captain Phillips to turn back, allowing the rest of the crew to overtake the other pirate with a knife and hold him hostage.