With a New York Film Festival opening night premiere set for September 27th, we’ve only got about a month-and-a-half left until Sony Pictures puts one of their major fall films in front of audiences, Paul Greengrass‘ Captain Phillips. Telling the true story of the 2009 Somali pirates hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama, following a debut trailer, a new full-length one has arrived.
While our first look set up the scenario, this one shows off much of the second and third acts, as we see Phillips get taken hostage and the SEALS that save him. It looks like a thrilling, intense work from Greengrass and hopefully a return to form after the overwrought Green Zone. Check it out below for the film also starring Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chernus, Chris Mulkey, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John Magaro and Angus MacInnes.
Update: Check out an international trailer below.
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® 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. The film is directed by Academy Award® nominee Paul Greengrass, from a screenplay by Billy Ray based upon the book, A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. The film is produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca.
Captain Phillips opens on October 11th.