Overview
Plot
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates, the first American cargo ship hijacked in two hundred years.
- Directors
- Paul Greengrass
- Cast
- Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, David Warshofsky, Corey Johnson, Chris Mulkey, Yul Vazquez, Max Martini, Catherine Keener, Omar Berdouni, Mohamed Ali, Issak Farah Samatar, Thomas Grube, Mark Holden, San Shella, Terence Anderson, Marc Anwar
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Release date
- 2013-10-10
- Studios
- Columbia Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Productions
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Warning: spoilers
In 2009, Somali pirates hijacked the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, marking the first seizure of an American cargo ship in two hundred years. The film recounts the ordeal of Captain Richard Phillips, who was taken hostage during the attack, and the events that followed.
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