Captain Phillips (2013)
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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- $55M
- Box office
- $218.8M
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Tom HanksCaptain Richard Phillips
Barkhad AbdiMuse
Catherine KeenerAndrea Phillips
Chris MulkeyJohn Cronan
Max MartiniSEAL Commander
Michael ChernusShane Murphy
Yul VazquezCaptain Frank Castellano
Corey JohnsonKen Quinn
David WarshofskyMike Perry
John MagaroDan Phillips
Faysal AhmedNajee
Barkhad AbdirahmanBilalKeywords
ShipBloodPirateTerrorismPovertyCommandoSomaliaCargo shipHijackingFishermanHijackShip hijackingSomali
Movie DNA
Genre affinityAction · Thriller · DramaTheme affinityShip · Blood · PirateDialogue densityDramaPacingAction · LongDirector preference102111Actor preference2058 · 31041 · 3174
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What is Captain Phillips about?
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.
How long is Captain Phillips?
Captain Phillips has a runtime of 134 minutes.
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