'Captain Phillips' premiere (14 images)

Tom Hanks attends the premiere of the biographical motion picture thriller "Captain Phillips" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on September 30, 2013. The film is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the U.S. flagged MV Maersk Alabama's 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates. The Alabama was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. UPI/Jim Ruymen

Cast member Tom Hanks attends the premiere of the biographical motion picture thriller "Captain Phillips" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on September 30, 2013. The film is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the U.S. flagged MV Maersk Alabama's 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates. The Alabama was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Diva Renee Fleming attends the premiere of the biographical motion picture thriller "Captain Phillips" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on September 30, 2013. The film is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the U.S. flagged MV Maersk Alabama's 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates. The Alabama was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Cast member Faysal Ahmed attends the premiere of the biographical motion picture thriller "Captain Phillips" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on September 30, 2013. The film is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the U.S. flagged MV Maersk Alabama's 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates. The Alabama was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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Actor Courtney B. Vance attends the premiere of the biographical motion picture thriller "Captain Phillips" at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills, California on September 30, 2013. The film is the true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the U.S. flagged MV Maersk Alabama's 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates. The Alabama was the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years. UPI/Jim Ruymen

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