Movie
Captain Phillips
2013PG-132h 14m7.5 / 10
Out here survival is everything.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Captain Phillips
Cast
Tom HanksCaptain Richard Phillips
Barkhad AbdiMuse
Barkhad AbdirahmanBilal
Faysal AhmedNajee
Mahat M. AliElmi
Michael ChernusShane Murphy
David WarshofskyMike Perry
Corey JohnsonKen QuinnCredits
- Directed by
- Paul Greengrass
- Written by
- Billy Ray
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $55M
- Box office
- $218.8M
Production
Columbia PicturesUnited States- Michael De Luca ProductionsUnited States
Scott Rudin ProductionsUnited States
Trigger Street ProductionsUnited States
Themes
africabased on true storycargo shipcommandofishermanhijackingpiratepoverty
