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Imprint:
Sony Pictures Home Ent. 2014
Collation:
134 min. col.
Notes:
Tom Hanks stars in this Academy Award-nominated drama directed by Paul Greengrass based on the real life hijacking of a US cargo ship by Somali pirates. The Maersk Alabama became the first US cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years when heavily armed Somalis boarded the vessel on the 8th of April 2009. As commander of the ship, Captain Richard Phillips (Hanks) inevitably found himself at the heart of events. Held hostage by the pirates under the command of Muse (Barkhad Abdi), Phillips attempts to protect both his crew and ship to
Credits:
Based on Real events
Audience:
Reading grade level: BBFC code: 12a
ISBN:
5050630892839 (invalid)
Dewey class:
857616
Language:
English
BRN:
2261498
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