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Do you think a movie that’s “based on a true story” should be allowed to take liberties from actual events to further the cinematic experience?
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass
WRITERS: Billy Ray (screenplay), Richard Phillips (based upon the book “A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea”)
CAST: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener…