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Captain Phillips

Out here survival is everything.

7.5

2h 14m

2013

“Out here survival is everything.”

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.

Director

Paul Greengrass

Trailer

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Cast & Crew

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

as Captain Richard Phillips

Barkhad Abdi

Barkhad Abdi

as Muse

Barkhad Abdirahman

Barkhad Abdirahman

as Bilal

Faysal Ahmed

Faysal Ahmed

as Najee

Mahat M. Ali

Mahat M. Ali

as Elmi

Michael Chernus

Michael Chernus

as Shane Murphy

David Warshofsky

David Warshofsky

as Mike Perry

Corey Johnson

Corey Johnson

as Ken Quinn

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

as John Cronan

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