Captain Phillips - English Transcript

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.

Everything okay? I don't like the look of that. They're coming in fast. This is the Maersk Alabama. We are an unarmed freighter. We have two skiffs approaching with armed intruders. - Potential piracy situation. - Copy, Alabama. You should alert your crew and get your fire hoses ready. Yeah... Is that it? Chances are they're just fisherman. They're not here to fish. Shot fired! Take the hoses! This is not a drill. This is a real world situation. Don't let him attach that ladder! - Port 30 degrees! - Port 30 degrees! Listen up. We have been boarded by armed pirates. If they find you, remember you know the ship. They don't. Stick together and we'll be all right. In one minute, I'll kill all your friends. If you're gonna shoot somebody, shoot me! Relax. Everything is gonna be okay. - Look at me. - Sure. - Look at me. - Sure. I'm the captain, now. Captain Phillips, can you hear me? Captain Phillips, can you hear me?