

Captain Phillips
2013-10-10 · 134 min · ★ 7.5
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Paul Greengrass
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 55,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 218,791,811
Top Cast
Tom HanksCaptain Richard Phillips
Barkhad AbdiMuse
Barkhad AbdirahmanBilal
Faysal AhmedNajee
Mahat M. AliElmi
Michael ChernusShane Murphy
David WarshofskyMike Perry
Corey JohnsonKen Quinn
Chris MulkeyJohn Cronan
Yul VazquezCaptain Frank Castellano
Max MartiniSEAL Commander
Catherine KeenerAndrea Phillips
Omar BerdouniNemo
Thomas GrubeMaersk Alabama Crew
Mark HoldenMaersk Alabama Crew
San ShellaMaersk Alabama Crew
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