Did you miss out on our last CAPTAIN PHILLIPS screening, but still want to see Paul Greengrass (director of United 93 and The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum) and Tom Hanks’ new drama before it hits theaters? Click here for your chance to download a pass for you and a friend to check out an advance screening being held on Wednesday, October 9 at 7pm in Salt Lake City, Utah! Seats in the theater are first-come, first-serve so PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY! CAPTAIN PHILLIPS opens everywhere October 11!
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is a multi-layered examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. It is — through director Paul 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 the Somali pirate captain, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), who takes him hostage. Phillips and Muse are set on an unstoppable collision course when Muse and his crew target Phillips’ unarmed ship; in the ensuing standoff, 145 miles off the Somali coast, both men will find themselves at the mercy of forces beyond their control.
