“Captain Phillips” International Trailer — Paul Greengrass’ Fact-Based Thriller starring Tom Hanks

source:   captainphillips.jp, youtube.com

added: Sun, Aug 25th '13

Although he's not calling Houston, Tom Hanks definitely has a problem -- a really nerve-racking, machine-gun-in-your-face problem. In the brand-new Japanese trailer for "Captain Phillips," Hanks is back playing a real-life captain stuck in a terrifying predicament. Only this time around, he's not floating in space, but at sea -- and it appears that no one can hear you scream in either locations.

Directed by Paul Greengrass (United 93, Bourne's Supremacy and Ultimatum), the fact-based drama sees Hanks portraying Captain Richard Phillips, an American cargo-ship skipper who was taken hostage, along with his crew, during a 2009 hijacking incident involving heavily-armed Somali pirates. The harrowing ordeal lasted for five days and ended with a military operation conducted by an elite Navy SEALS team. The film, which opens in theaters October 11th, is based on Phillips' own book, "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea." Check out the trailer, above.

synopsis:
Captain Phillips is director Paul Greengrass's multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is -- through 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(r) winner Tom Hanks), and his Somali counterpart, Muse (Barkhad Abdi). Set on an incontrovertible collision course off the coast of Somalia, both men will find themselves paying the human toll for economic forces outside of their control.

directed by   Paul Greengrass

starring   Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Corey Johnson, Chris Mulkey, David Warshofsky, Yul Vazquez

release date   October 11, 2013