2013 2h 14m Paul Greengrass

Captain Phillips

Name: Captain Phillips
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Action & Adventure, Crime
Released: 2013
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed

★ 7.8 IMDb

Drama Mystery & Thriller Action & Adventure Crime

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.

Writer Billy Ray

Cast Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed

DP Barry Ackroyd

Music Henry Jackman

Essays and Criticism

On Paul Greengrass

Paul Greengrass: ‘I wanted to make The Searchers in reverse’ by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Nominated Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor