We’d tease each other, take the mickey out of each other. That makes you comfortable with each other. There was a lot of laughter for a subject matter that’s so heavy–Coogan

We saw a chance to do something new and creative with a story that continues to reverberate in the world, and that was worth fighting for. I’ve always believed that great movies begin with great writing–Samuel Goldwyn Jr.

What I love about this story is that it can’t be categorized. It has comedy, it has drama, it’s an adventure story, it’s real and it’s fantastically hyper-real–Ben Stiller

Starring Tom Hanks, Captain Phillips, which receives its world premiere this Friday at the N.Y. Film Fest, will be released by Son on October 11.