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" Captain Phillips will open this year&amp;#039;s London Film Festival.  Directed by Paul Greengrass, the thriller tells the true story of a US container ship, Maersk Alabama, that was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009.  Tom Hanks stars as the Alabama&amp;#039;s commanding officer Captain Richard Phillips, whose relationship with the Somali commanding officer (Barkhad Abdi) is central to the film. Catherine Kenner plays Phillips&amp;#039; wife, while Somali-American actors Faysal Ahmed, Barkhad Addirahman and Mahat M Ali round out the cast. The screenplay was written by The Hunger Games scriptwriter Billy Ray, and is based on Phillips&amp;#039; and Stephan Talty&amp;#039;s book A Captain&amp;#039;s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea. The 57th BFI London Film Festival runs from October 9 to October 20. Captain Phillips will be released in the US on October 11 and in the UK on October 18. Watch the trailer below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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