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Captain Phillips Is a Lie: Real Captain Is No Hero, According To Crew

Beejoli Shah · 10/14/13 03:39PM

Despite opening to a strong $26 million this weekend, the Tom Hanks starrer Captain Phillips has found itself in hot water: The real crew from the Maersk Alabama that was taken by Somali pirates state that the film account of their hijacking was less based on a true story and far more an account of revisionist historical fiction.