Tom Hanks' new film Captain Phillips kicked
off the 51st New York Film Festival. Based
on a true story, the movie is about a US container
ship that gets hijacked by Somali pirates.
This is really about a robbery gone awry at
sea and the consequences of those four guys'
decision to climb up on board and not finding
what they thought they were going to find,
put Richard Phillips in a very, very tight
position. And was sort of aided by the fact
that everybody knows how it ends, because
that means we were able to concentrate on
the small little details, the human behaviour,
the moments that are almost inexplicable but
really did happen.
"We have a potential piracy situation."
"Copy Alabama. You should alert your crew.
Get your fire hoses ready. Chances are it's
just fisherman."
"They're not here to fish."
The real life Captain Richard Phillips also
attended the world premiere - Tom visited
him twice during filming to get to know him
better.
"Well, you get to hear what he sounds like,
and you get to hear some more pragmatic perspectives
on what he does, how he does and the pride
that he has about being a merchant mariner
and how other things, both before and since
have put it all in a perspective that actually
helps me as an actor go the distance when
the time comes."
It's safe to say Tom Hanks is one of Hollywood's
most-loved actors, so it was good to hear
from director Paul Greengrass that Tom really
is a nice person in real life.
"He is, he is a really nice man. He is a brilliant
actor and a nice man, I can officially confirm."
"There's gotta be something other than kidnapping
people."
"Maybe in America. Maybe in America."
Captain Phillips hits UK cinemas on October
the 18th.
"Captain Phillips, can you hear me?"
