Phillips feared he would not survive hijacking of Maersk Alabama He worked through post-traumatic stress after his rescue Grateful he lived to return to his family in small-town Vermont UNDERHILL ...

Many of Phillips' real-life crew mates were not amused by the movie or how Phillips told his horrific tale. In fact, several of them actually sued him for his actions and decisions that put them ...

The real-life Captain Richard Phillips poses with friends before a screening of 'Captain Phillips' Tuesday Oct. 1, 2013 in Willston, Vt. AP ...

Captain Phillips, directed by Paul Greengrass, tells the true story of Richard Phillips (played by a New England-accented Tom Hanks), a merchant mariner taken hostage by Somali pirates in 2009 ...

FRANKENMUTH, MI — The real-life captain whose high-seas ordeal became a Hollywood blockbuster is coming to Frankenmuth. Richard Phillips, the former cargo ship captain who was held hostage by ...

In the film “Captain Phillips,” Tom Hanks portrays Richard Phillips -- the real-life captain of a merchant ship captured by Somali pirates in 2009.

Phillips spoke at a screening of the Tom Hanks movie as part of a charity benefit Captain Richard Phillips, the real-life ship captain being played by Tom Hanks in the docudrama "Captain Phillips ...

Phillips has been back to sea half a dozen times since. The sea captain's life is his "normal," as he puts it, where he is most comfortable. Aboard ship, "I'm treated the same, which I like," he says.

All of this is the basis for “Captain Phillips,” starring Tom Hanks as the titular, real-life hero. The only problem, say some members of the real Capt. Phillips’ crew, is none of it is true.

Talking With Captain Phillips’s Real-Life First Mate, Shane Murphy. By Gwynne Watkins. Oct. 16, 2013. save d. Save this article to read it later.

That's where Hollywood cameras will witness a reunion between the real-life Captain Phillips and the Navy Captain that helped save him. Both will be in attendance.

FRANKENMUTH, MI — The real-life captain whose high-seas ordeal became a Hollywood blockbuster is coming to Frankenmuth. Richard Phillips, the former cargo ship captain who was held hostage by ...