Movie
Captain Phillips
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2013-10-10
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Captain Richard Phillips
- Barkhad Abdi as Muse
- Barkhad Abdirahman as Bilal
- Faysal Ahmed as Najee
- Mahat M. Ali as Elmi
- Michael Chernus as Shane Murphy
- David Warshofsky as Mike Perry
- Corey Johnson as Ken Quinn
- Chris Mulkey as John Cronan
- Yul Vazquez as Captain Frank Castellano
- Max Martini as SEAL Commander
- Catherine Keener as Andrea Phillips
Crew
- Paul Greengrass - Director
- Billy Ray - Screenplay
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