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Title:

Captain Phillips [blu-ray] / Columbia Pictures presents ; a Scott Rudin/Michael de Luca/Trigger Street production ; screenplay by Billy Ray ; produced by Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael de Luca ; directed by Paul Greengrass.

Format:

[blu-ray] /

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher:

Columbia Pictures,

Copyright Date:

c2014

Description:

1 videodiscs (approximately 134 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Phillips, Richard,--1956---Drama.
Maersk Alabama (Ship)--Drama.
Hijacking of ships--Somalia--Drama.
Feature films.
Action and adventure films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Blu-ray discs.

Other Authors:

Ray, Billy, screenwriter.
Greengrass, Paul, film director.
Ray, Billy.
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Phillips, Richard. Captain's duty.
Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Talty, Stephan. Captain's duty.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Based upon the book "A captain's duty: Somali pirates, Navy Seals, and dangerous days at sea" by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Special features include optional audio commentary with director Paul Greengrass and a collection of making-of behind-the-scenes featurettes collectively titled, Capturing Captain Phillips. Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi.

Summary:

"[An] examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship MV Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips ... and the Somali pirate captain, [Abduwali] Muse ... who takes him hostage"--Container.
Based on the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, which was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

UPC:

043396417816

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

VOPB384 -- Conrad Public Library (Conrad)

VFPB334 -- Elgin Public Library (Elgin)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake)