Captain Phillips Movie

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Who's Involved:

Michael De Luca, Kevin Spacey, Billy Ray, Barkhad Abdi, Yul Vazquez, Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Scott Rudin, Max Martini, Paul Greengrass, John Magaro, Dana Brunetti, Chris Mulkey, Michael Chernus, Corey Johnson, 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, Toy Story 3  

... Andrea Phillips

Joker: Folie à Deux, The Adam Project  

... SEAL Commander

My Little Pony: The Movie, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi  

... John Cronan

Mother, May I?, Rogue Warfare: Death of a Nation  

... Frank Castellano

Amigo, War of the Worlds  

... Ken Quinn

A Sound of Thunder, United 93  

... Mike Perry

Blonde, Lincoln  

... Dan Phillips

LaRoy, Texas, The Mistress  

... Shane Murphy

Spider-Man: Homecoming, Out of My Mind  


Tyson's Run, Good Time  

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 Romeo and Juliet, Machete Kills and All the Boys Love Mandy Lane.

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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