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Captain Phillips

Summary: The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Release Date: October 11, 2013

Genres: Action, Biography, Crime

Director: Paul Greengrass

Writers: Billy Ray

, Richard Phillips

, Stephan Talty

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Scott Rudin Productions, Michael De Luca Productions, Trigger Street Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing, HBO Zone, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 55,000,000

Domestic: $ 107,100,855

International: $ 111,690,956

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