Trailer for Tom Hanks' 'Captain Phillips'

Directed by Paul Greengrass from a script by Billy Ray (The Hunger Games, 24, The Mummy Reboot).

Based on the book 'A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea', by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty about the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama.

I want to see this if, for nothing else, to see how they setup the take-out by Navy SEALs. Astounding bit of shooting, that.
























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Praise For Cooper In Breach

"Breach", the story of traitor Robert Hanssen, which stars Chris Cooper and Ryan Phillipe; directed by Billy Ray and written by Ray, Adam Mazer, and William Rotko, is getting some very fine ink -- all of which praise Cooper's performance.

Here is Manohla Dargis' take, Kenneth Turan's and David Edelstein's reviews, and my favorite of the bunch, Steve Inskeep's interview with Cooper. (8 min.)

I especially like the way Cooper keeps Inskeep (one of NPR's senior reporters and a veteran interviewer) just a bit off balance. It would seem Cooper has very much internalized some tinker/tailor pyschological orientation.