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In the film, Hanks tells his crew — depicted as lazy coffee guzzlers who fall back on the security of their union-protected employment — that their job is to get the cargo ship from Point A to Point B in the shortest, cheapest time possible. Aasheim had previously been captain of the Maersk Alabama until Richard Phillips relieved him eight days prior to the pirate attack. Terms of Use All rights reserved. “We said, ‘You want us to knock it off and go to our pirate stations?’ ” the crew member recalls. "Phillips wasn't the big leader like he is in the movie," said one crew member who worked closely with the captain, speaking anonymously for legal reasons. All Rights belong to their respective owners. When presented with this data, a crew member says, Phillips ignored it, too. In their version, Phillips was the victim of a botched exchange. and the whole crew’s like, ‘What?’ ”. Your California Privacy Rights Phillips, he says, had a bad reputation for at least 12 years prior, known as a sullen and self-righteous captain. Captain Phillips is a well-made drama about the real-life events that played themselves out on global television back in April of 2009. "My crew were now safe, because the pirates lost their ladder and boat when they boarded the Maersk Alabama, so they couldn't get back onboard," says Phillips. Sailors who endured the real-life attack by Somali pirates which forms the basis of Oscar-tipped thriller Captain Phillips have condemned the version of events shown in the film. Soros-connected Vote-counting Firm Expands in U.S. New Documentary Supports the Electoral College, Eastwood’s Richard Jewell Movie Powerful Case Against Big Government and Big Media, The Pilgrim’s Progress Does Not Disappoint, Twilight Zone Gets “Woke”: Identity Politics and Police Brutality Focal Point of Episode. A new documentary defends its continuation. “We vowed we were going to take it to our graves, that we weren’t going to say anything,” Perry told CNN in 2010. "I couldn't tell you exactly the miles," Phillips told the Post. [30], In an interview on the set of Captain Phillips for New York Daily News, Phillips describes his devotion to his crew, his feeling of success as a captain and his eagerness to get back to sea. Pardon", "Somali pirate sentenced to 33 years in US prison", "Tom Hanks to Play Capt. First published on Mon 14 Oct 2013 14.14 BST. Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, which suffered the raid off the coast of lawless Somalia in April 2009, told the New York Post the titular hero played by Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass's critically acclaimed film was far from heroic. It didn’t go down like that, say several crew members: The pirates just reneged on the deal, grabbing their guy and making off with Phillips in a Maersk lifeboat. Phillips has publicly stated that he liked the movie, but Captain Phillips told Agence France Press after a screening that actually being in captivity was “much worse.”. Captain Phillips debuted strongly this weekend at the US box office and opened the London film festival last week, as well as screening at the New York film festival. "It is galling for them to see Captain Phillips set up as a hero," she added. "[7][8][9], According to Chief Engineer Mike Perry, the crew sank the pirate speedboat shortly after the boarding by continuously swinging the rudder of the Maersk Alabama, thus swamping the smaller boat. He was hailed as an American hero. This story has been shared 115,468 times. Tom Hanks puts in a solid performance as Captain Phillips, despite a forced Vermont accent, alongside a spectacular cast. The lifeboat was carrying ten days of food rations, water, and basic survival supplies. Phillips commented in his interview that the rendition of the events is accurate, adding, "When I met him [Tom Hanks] I told him if he's going to play me he's going to have to put on a little weight and get a little better-looking and he did neither.

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