Captain Phillips (2013)

10/10/2013 (US) • 2h 14m

Action, Drama, Thriller

Out here survival is everything.

Overview

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Top Billed Cast

Tom Hanks

Captain Richard Phillips

Barkhad Abdi

Muse

Barkhad Abdirahman

Bilal

Faysal Ahmed

Najee

Mahat M. Ali

Elmi

Michael Chernus

Shane Murphy

David Warshofsky

Mike Perry

Corey Johnson

Ken Quinn

Chris Mulkey

John Cronan

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$55,000,000.00

Revenue

$218,791,811.00

Keywords

ship

africa

fisherman

hijacking

somalia

poverty

pirate

terrorism

commando

hijack

cargo ship

ship hijacking

somali

set in africa

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