Captain Phillips

Theatrical - Wide 2013-10-11

Cast Tom Hanks Corey Johnson Chris Mulkey Yul Vazquez Max Martini
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Written by Billy Ray

Box Office Gross: $218,791,811

Running Time: 134 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Columbia Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Productions

Genres: Action Drama Thriller

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9/10

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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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