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14 'Where Did YOU Come From?!' Movie Actors
Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips
Born in Somalia, Abdi (front, with fellow non-pros Barkhad Abdirahman at right and Faysal Ahmed in the back) immigrated to the U.S. when he was 14 and was living in Minneapolis when he was cast as Muse, the desperate modern-day pirate who attempts to hijack a cargo freighter and takes its Captain (Tom Hanks) hostage in Captain Phillips. ''He had a look that could be both menacing and have a humanity, too,'' director Paul Greengrass said.
Darlene Cates, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Grape screenwriter Peter Hedges saw the 500-pound Cates on Sally Jessy Raphael and thought she would be perfect for the role of Johnny Depp's depressed shut-in mother. The role proved a cathartic experience for Cates, who suffered many of the same indignities as her character, but she also proved that she belonged as an actress with several tender scenes with Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Quvenzhané Wallis and Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild
As fierce and energetic as her character Hushpuppy, Wallis was only 6 years old when she starred in this Sundance indie that made her the youngest Best Actress nominee in history. Henry, who played Hushpuppy's hard-drinking father in the flooded Bayou, was a professional baker for decades in New Orleans and had braved Hurricane Katrina before being discovered by filmmakers at his bakery.
Haing S. Ngor, The Killing Fields
Ngor was a doctor in Cambodia before the communist Khmer Rouge regime took over in the 1970s and massacred its political opposition. After four years in slave camps, he eventually escaped to the United States. A casting director noticed him at a wedding and suggested him for a major role in The Killing Fields, the 1985 movie about the Cambodian horrors he had fled. Ngor was rewarded with the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Chris Klein, Election
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Captain Phillips
Directed by
Paul Greengrass
Produced by
Dana Brunetti
Michael De Luca
Based on
by Richard Phillips and Stephan Talty
Starring
Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd
Edited by
Christopher Rouse
Production company
Michael De Luca Productions Trigger Street Productions
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
October 11, 2013 (U.S.)
Box office
$218.8 million
The screenplay by Billy Ray is based on the 2010 book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty. Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, and Michael De Luca all served as producers on the project. It premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival, and was theatrically released on October 11, 2013. The film emerged as a box office success grossing over $218 million against a budget of $55 million. In 2014, Captain Phillips received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for Barkhad Abdi's role as Muse.
For the accuracy on this film, see Captain Phillips accuracy.
Plot[]
In April 2009, Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) takes command of the MV Maersk Alabama, a container ship from the Port of Salalah in Oman, with orders to sail through the Gulf of Aden to Mombasa, Kenya. Wary of pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa, Phillips and First Officer Shane Murphy order strict security precautions on the vessel and carry out practice drills. During the drill, Phillips takes notice of two Somali pirate
Abduwali Muse
Somali Pirate
Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse (Somali: عبدالولي موسى, Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse; pronounced[ʕabdiweliʕabdiqaːdirmuːse]; English pronunciation; born 1990) is a Somali pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. On 16 February 2011, Muse was convicted and sentenced to 33 years and 9 months in U.S. federal prison.
Muse was portrayed by Somali-American actor Barkhad Abdi in the 2013 film Captain Phillips, a dramatization of the hijacking.
Early life
Muse was born in Galkayo, a divided city in Somalia.
He grew up in poverty often without food or clothes. At a young age he was kicked in the face by a camel and lost two of his front teeth. By the age of 12, he was living alone and initially worked as an assistant to taxi drivers before working as a cook for fishermen. He was married in 2008 but could not afford to establish a home for himself and his wife.
Attack on Maersk Alabama
Further information: Maersk Alabama hijacking
According to his indictment, Muse was the first of the four men who boarded Maersk Alabama. During the attack, he was stabbed in the hand by a sailor. The crew attacked and held Muse hostage while Richard Phillips offered him and the pirates money to leave Maersk Alabama safely on the ship's lifeboat. However, Muse's fellow pirates forced Phillips into the lifeboat before Maersk Alabama's crew could release Muse. All four pirates escaped the ship, with Phillips held hostage inside the lifeboat. A day later USS Bainbridge intercepted the lifeboat; Navy officers negotiated with the armed pirates for hours and agreed to take Muse on board Bainbridge to "meet" with elders from his clan to negotiate the release of Phillips. After Muse had been taken on board, the three remaining pirates were shot dead simultaneously by Navy SEALsharpsho 2013 film by Paul Greengrass Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographicalaction-thriller film directed by Paul Greengrass. Based on the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, the film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, an American merchant mariner who was taken hostage by Somali pirates. It stars Tom Hanks as Phillips, alongside Barkhad Abdi as pirate leader Abduwali Muse. The screenplay by Billy Ray is based on Phillips's 2010 book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea, which Phillips co-wrote with Stephan Talty. Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca served as producers on the project. It premiered at the 2013 New York Film Festival, and was theatrically released on October 11, 2013. The film emerged as a critical and commercial success, receiving acclaim from critics and grossing $218 million against a budget of $55 million. Captain Phillips received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Abdi. Richard Phillips takes command of MV Maersk Alabama, an unarmed container vessel from the Port of Salalah in Oman, with orders to sail through the Guardafui Channel to Mombasa, Kenya. Wary of pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa, he and First Officer Shane Murphy order strict security precautions on the vessel and carry out a practice drill. During the drill, the captain notices that the vessel is being followed by Somali pirates in two skiffs, and Phillips calls for help. Knowing that the pirates are listening to radio traffic, he pretends to call a warship, requesting immediate air support. One skiff turns around in response, and the other – crewed by four heavily armed pirates led by Abduwali Muse – loses engine power trying to steer through Maersk Alabama's wake. The next day, Muse's skiff Captain Phillips (film)
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