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Tom Hanks's latest film 'Captain Phillips' premieres in Europe

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Actor Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass have opened the 57th BFI London Film Festival Wednesday night, with the European premiere of "Captain Phillips." Let's hear what the two-time Oscar winning actor has to say about the film, which is based on the true story of some serious trouble on the high seas.

(L-R) Tom Hanks, Clare Stewart, Amanda Nevill and Paul Greengrass attend the premiere of 'Captain Phillips' during the 57th BFI London Film Festival at The Odeon Leicester Square on October 9, 2013 in London, England. 



A drawn-from-life thriller, Captain Phillips stars Hanks as a cargo ship captain held captive by Somali pirates. Fans of the actor can look forward to a double-feature at this year's festival, with 232 other features in between.

The 12-day movie showcase will close with "Saving Mr. Banks," in which Hanks plays a very different real-life figure - Walt Disney, sparring with British writer P.L. Travers over the movie adaptation of her children's classic "Mary Poppins."

The Hollywood star is certainly no stranger to this city.

"God bless the motion picture industry - the first time I came to London was to promote a movie called 'Splash' about 800 years ago. It's as magic now as it was then. I always pinch myself a little bit." Hanks said.

Hanks performance has many describing it as his best yet, something he is thankful for.

"Well I always think whatever I did last is going to be the summation of everything I've figured out both to do and what not to do. I'll take whatever notices that come down the pipe" Hanks said.

For Greengrass, it's great to bring the film to a festival on his home turf. Some of the real crew members depicted in the film are reportedly unhappy with the way the events are portrayed. But Greengrass is confident that events are recorded as realistically as possible.

"There's one court case that started many years ago, soon after the event, that hasn't really progressed and I can't really talk about that but what I can say is that the depiction we have here in this film of those events is accurate. I'm totally 100 percent satisfied about that." Greengrass said.

Hanks is in the title role of Richard Phillips, whose container ship Maersk Alabama was hijacked in 2009 by Somali pirates, a nightmare that lasted nearly a week. But while the incident ended after a rescue effort by the U.S. Navy, dozens of hostages remain in the hands of Somali pirates today.

"Well, the Albedo has 11, and the Naham 3 had 27 on boTPTVard. But there are six motherships at sea being used by pirates, mostly with Yemeni crew, who are being used as motherships, and therefore they count as hostages as well. So we, with our partners UNODC, estimate that it's about 90 being held." Colonel John Steed, executive director of Secretariat for Regional Maritime Security said.

The 57th London Film Festival offers 234 features and 134 shorts films, and will hand out prizes for best picture, best first feature, best documentary and best British newcomer at a ceremony on Oct. 19th.

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