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.
Directed by Paul Greengrass
ship
africa
fisherman
hijacking
somalia
based on true story
poverty
pirate
terrorism
commando
cargo ship
ship hijacking
somali
set in africa
Rank
#53 in 2013·#2865 overall
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Tom Hanks
Captain Richard Phillips
Barkhad Abdi
Muse
Barkhad Abdirahman
Bilal
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
Catherine Keener
Andrea Phillips
Crew
Paul Greengrass
Director
Billy Ray
Screenplay
Henry Jackman
Original Music Composer
Christopher Rouse
Editor
Barry Ackroyd
Director of Photography
Dana Brunetti
Producer
Eli Bush
Executive Producer
Michael De Luca
Producer
Gregory Goodman
Executive Producer
Scott Rudin
Producer
Kevin Spacey
Executive Producer
Michael Higham
Music Supervisor
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8.0★ · 04/07/26
أنا طول الفيلم قاعد مشدود و على أعصابي، فيلم تقيل جدا بس مفيهوش لحظة ملل و ده واحد من أغرب أدوار Tom Hanks لكنه عمل أداء مبهر و حقيقي جدا
أنا طول الفيلم قاعد مشدود و على أعصابي، فيلم تقيل جدا بس مفيهوش لحظة ملل و ده واحد من أغرب أدوار Tom Hanks لكنه عمل أداء مبهر و حقيقي جدا
