Captain Phillips
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.<br />
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October 11, 2013
Cast:
Tom Hanks
Barkhad Abdi
Catherine Keener
Faysal Ahmed
Michael Chernus
David Warshofsky
Corey Johnson
Yul Vazquez
Paul Greengrass
Producer:
Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
Written by:
Billy Ray
Distributor:
Columbia Pictures
55 million
Box Office:
218.8 million
Awards:
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Picture (Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Barkhad Abdi )
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Billy Ray)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Film Editing (Christopher Rouse)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (Oliver Tarney)
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing (Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munrod
Metacritic Score:
83
Rotten Tomatoes Score:
93 percent