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Captain Phillips

2013 · TMDB 7.5

Directed by Paul Greengrass

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.

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Paul Greengrass's tense thriller dramatises the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates, with Tom Hanks as the captain taken hostage.

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Runtime
134 min
Released
2013-10-10
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB score
7.5
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Paul Greengrass's tense thriller dramatises the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates, with Tom Hanks as the captain taken hostage.

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