Captain Phillips

“Out here survival is everything.”

7.5/ 10 7,488 votes 2013-10-10 2h 14m 6 popularity

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.

Director: Paul Greengrass

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Budget

$55M

Revenue

$219M

Cast

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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

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