Captain Phillips Movie

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Who's Involved:

Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Kevin Spacey, Scott Rudin, Billy Ray, Barkhad Abdi, Michael De Luca, Max Martini, Paul Greengrass, John Magaro, Dana Brunetti, Chris Mulkey, Michael Chernus, Corey Johnson, Yul Vazquez, David Warshofsky

Release Date:

Friday, October 11, 2013 Nationwide

PG-13   PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED MPA
sustained intense sequences of menace, some violence with bloody images, and for substance use
Runtime: N/A
Language: English

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Plot: What's the story about?

Follows the true story of Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) 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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Who stars in Captain Phillips: Cast List

... Captain Richard Phillips

Here, Larry Crowne  

... Andrea Phillips

Joker: Folie à Deux, The Croods  

... SEAL Commander

Fifty Shades of Grey, The Channel  

... John Cronan

Mother, May I?, Above Suspicion  

... Frank Castellano

American Gangster, War of the Worlds  

... Ken Quinn

United 93, The Fourth Kind  

... Mike Perry

Lincoln, Blonde  

... Dan Phillips

LaRoy, Texas, Carol  

... Shane Murphy

Out of My Mind, Spider-Man: Homecoming  


Tyson's Run, Agent Game  

Who's making Captain Phillips: Crew List

A look at the Captain Phillips behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Paul Greengrass last directed News of the World and Jason Bourne. The film's writer Billy Ray last wrote Richard Jewell and Terminator: Dark Fate.

Screenwriter

Billy Ray

Producers

Dana Brunetti
Michael De Luca
Scott Rudin
Kevin Spacey

Production: What we know about Captain Phillips?

Key Facts

  1. Based on the book, "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea" by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty.

Filming Timeline

  1. 2013 - August: The film was set to Completed  status.

    MPAA rating announced; assumed completed.

  2. 2012 - May: The film was set to Post-Production  status.
  3. 2011 - September: The film was set to Pre-Production  status.
  4. 2009 - June: The film was set to Development  status.

Captain Phillips Release Date: When was the film released?


Captain Phillips was a Nationwide release in 2013 on Friday, October 11, 2013. There were 14 other movies released on the same date, including Machete Kills, Romeo and Juliet and CBGB.

Captain Phillips DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?

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Captain Phillips was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 .

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