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Captain Phillips

2013·2h 14m·PG-13
DramaBiographyCrimeThrillerAction
IMDb Rating
★ 7.8/10
519,930 votes
Metascore
82
Metacritic

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Captain Phillips is a 2013 drama biography movie directed by Paul Greengrass, starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.8/10 from 519,930 votes and runs 2h 14m.

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Director
Paul Greengrass
Stars
Tom Hanks
Catherine Keener
Barkhad Abdi
Barkhad Abdirahman
Details
2013-10-11
134 min
Movie
PG-13
★ United States, Malta, United Kingdom
★ English, Somali
Keywords
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