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.
Details
Release date2013-10-10
Runtime134 min
GenresAction, Drama, Thriller
DirectorPaul Greengrass
CastTom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, Mahat M. Ali, Michael Chernus, David Warshofsky, Corey Johnson
ProductionColumbia Pictures, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Productions
CountriesUnited States of America
LanguagesEnglish, Somali
AwardsNominated for 6 Oscars. 17 wins & 155 nominations total
