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Captain Phillips( 2013)

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Out here survival is everything.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tom Hanks

      Captain Richard Phillips

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      Barkhad Abdi

      Muse

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      Barkhad Abdirahman

      Bilal

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      Faysal Ahmed

      Najee

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      Mahat M. Ali

      Elmi

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      Michael Chernus

      Shane Murphy

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      David Warshofsky

      Mike Perry

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      Corey Johnson

      Ken Quinn

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      Chris Mulkey

      John Cronan

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      Yul Vazquez

      Captain Frank Castellano

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      Max Martini

      SEAL Commander

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      Catherine Keener

      Andrea Phillips

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      Omar Berdouni

      Nemo

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      Mohamed Ali

      Asad

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      Issak Farah Samatar

      Hufan

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      Thomas Grube

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Mark Holden

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      San Shella

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Terence Anderson

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Marc Anwar

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      David Webber

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Amr El-Bayoumi

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Vincenzo Nicoli

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Kapil Arun

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Louis Mahoney

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Peter Landi

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Angus MacInnes

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Ian Ralph

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Kristian Hjordt Beck

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Kurt Larsen

      Maersk Alabama Crew

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      Bader Choukouko

      Somali Boy

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      Idurus Shiish

      Pirate Leader

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      Azeez Mohammed

      Pirate Leader

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      Abdurazak Ahmed Adan

      Pirate Leader

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      Duran Mohamed Hassan

      Asad's Crew

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      Nasir Jama

      Asad's Crew

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      Kadz Souleiman

      Asad's Crew

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      Scott Oates

      Navy SEAL Group

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      David B. Meadows

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Shad Jason Hamilton

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Adam Wendling

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Billy Jenkins

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Mark Semos

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Dean Franchuk

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Rey Hernandez

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Christopher Stadulis

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Roger Edwards

      Navy SEAL Group

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      John Patrick Barry

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Raleigh Morse

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Dale McClellan

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Hugh Middleton

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Raymond Care

      Navy SEAL Group

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      Stacha Hicks

      UKMTO Officer

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      Will Bowden

      US Maritime Officer

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      Len Anderson IV

      USS Bainbridge VBSS Officer

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      Giovanni Alabiso

      Airport Passenger (uncredited)

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      Devon Black

      Able Seaman L. Haddock (uncredited)

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      Joshua Brown

      Burlington Airport TSA Agent (uncredited)

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      Steve Campbell

      Lieutenant Commander Scott Atherton (uncredited)

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      Bob Dio

      TV News Reporter (uncredited)

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      Maria Dizzia

      Allison McColl (uncredited)

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      Herman Gambhir

      US Maritime Officer (uncredited)

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      Georgia Goodman

      US Maritime Aldington (uncredited)

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    A review by kineticandroid

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    Written by kineticandroid on Sat Jun 21 2014
    Allow me to start with what you likely have already read — this film is well-crafted and tense procedural about a true story. The fact that I still found it tense and exciting, even when I already knew the ending (including the oft-mentioned Captain Phillips ending scene) is a high compliment. So why tell this story? I took it as a meditation on powerlessness, a film that didn't deal with heroes or villains, only victims. There's a shipping crew that is easily sought out by pirates, and there are the pirates that ultimately fail. In either case, it's not as if either side feels in control of...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    55000000.00

    Revenue

    218791811.00

    Keywords

    • ship
    • africa
    • fisherman
    • hijacking
    • somalia
    • poverty
    • pirate
    • terrorism
    • commando
    • hijack
    • cargo ship
    • ship hijacking
    • somali
    • set in africa