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Richard Phillips (born May 16, 1955) is an American merchant mariner and author who served as captain of the MV Maersk Alabama during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009.
May 22, 2023 · On Oct. 11, 2013, the Tom Hanks-led film Captain Phillips released to critical acclaim. It told the story of Captain Richard Phillips, whose ship, the MV Maersk Alabama, was taken captive by a group of Somali pirates before Phillips himself was held hostage on an enclosed lifeboat.
Richard Phillips survived the longest wrongful prison sentence in American history by writing poetry and painting with watercolors.
Oct 15, 2013 · The Captain Phillips true story vs. movie. Explore the controversy, meet the real Captain Richard Phillips, wife Anrea Phillips and Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse.
The story of the incident was reported by Captain Richard Phillips, who had been master of the vessel at the time of the incident, in the 2010 book A Captain's Duty, which he co-wrote with Stephan Talty. The book was later adapted as the U.S. 2013 film Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks . Background.
Oct 11, 2013 · The story of the capturing of Captain Richard Phillips and his ship by Somali pirates in 2009 is the inspiration behind Tom Hanks’s new movie. MLADEN ANTONOV / AFP/GETTY IMAGES FILE PHOTO. By...
Oct 12, 2013 · In the film “Captain Phillips,” Tom Hanks portrays Richard Phillips -- the real-life captain of a merchant ship captured by Somali pirates in 2009.
Oct 12, 2013 · The true tale of Richard Phillips, the captain of a cargo ship taken hostage by Somali pirates in 2009, is so thrilling that screenwriters hardly needed to add any extra...
Jan 27, 2017 · Captain Richard Phillips on pirate kidnapping: ‘I didn’t think I’d ever get out’. In this 2009 interview with TODAY’s Matt Lauer, Captain Richard Phillips shares his harrowing account of being...
Richard Phillips (born May 16, 1955) is an American merchant mariner and author. He served as captain of the MV Maersk Alabama during its hijacking by Somali pirates in April 2009. He was played by Tom Hanks in the 2013 movie Captain Phillips. Phillips was born in Winchester, Massachusetts. He was raised in Vermont. [1] References.
