Captain Phillips(2013)

Name: Captain Phillips
Director: Paul Greengrass
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: Oct 11, 2013
Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener, Faysal Ahmed

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

PG-13
Rated PG-13 for sustained intense sequences of menace, some violence with bloody images, and for substance use
2h 14m

Release Date: Oct 11, 2013 | Wide

In April 2009, Captain Richard Phillips took command of the MV Maersk Alabama, a US-flagged cargo ship sailing through the Gulf of Aden. When Somali pirates intercept the vessel, Phillips works to protect his crew from the hostile boarding party. What follows is a standoff between two men from two different worlds, both operating under pressures far beyond their control. A biographical thriller about duty, survival, and what it costs to keep other people safe.

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Releases

Original Release | Oct 11, 2013

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$25,718,314
Total US & Canada:
$107,100,855
Total International
$111,690,956
Total Worldwide:
$218,791,811

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Director & Top Cast

Paul Greengrass
Director

Tom Hanks
Captain Richard Phillips

Barkhad Abdi
Muse

Barkhad Abdirahman
Bilal

Catherine Keener
Andrea Phillips

Faysal Ahmed
Najee

Mahat M. Ali

Elmi

Michael Chernus

Shane Murphy

David Warshofsky

Mike Perry

Corey Johnson

Ken Quinn

Chris Mulkey

John Cronan

Yul Vazquez

Captain Frank Castellano

Max Martini

SEAL Commander

Omar Berdouni

Nemo

Mohamed Ali

Asad

Issak Farah Samatar

Hufan

Thomas Grube

Maersk Alabama Crew

Mark Holden

Maersk Alabama Crew

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: SDDS,Datasat,Dolby Digital,Dolby Atmos,Dolby Surround 7.1

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English,Somali

Summaries

Plot Summary

Captain Phillips is a 2013 American biographical action thriller directed by Paul Greengrass and written by Billy Ray. Based on Richard Phillips's 2010 memoir A Captain's Duty, co-written with Stephan Talty, the film depicts the 2009 hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in over two hundred years. Tom Hanks plays Captain Richard Phillips, and Barkhad Abdi plays Muse, the Somali pirate captain who takes him hostage. The cast also includes Michael Chernus, David Warshofsky, Corey Johnson, and Yul Vazquez. The Somali cast, which includes Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat M. Ali, was drawn from a casting search among Somali-American communities in Minneapolis. The score is by Henry Jackman. The film premiered at the New York Film Festival on September 20, 2013, and was released theatrically on October 11, 2013, by Columbia Pictures. It grossed $218.8 million worldwide against a $55 million budget. At the 86th Academy Awards, it received six nominations, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Abdi. Abdi also won the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor. Core themes include duty, survival, power, globalization, and what it means to be indispensable in the machinery of larger forces. The film is for audiences drawn to taut biographical thrillers grounded in real events.

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Captain Phillips (2013) dramatizes the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama off Somalia, where Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) confronts armed pirates led by Muse (Barkhad Abdi) while safeguarding his crew.