Captain Phillips Movie

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Who's Involved:

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

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

Toy Story 3, A Man Called Otto  

... Andrea Phillips

Joker: Folie à Deux, The Croods  

... SEAL Commander

The Channel, Fifty Shades of Grey  

... John Cronan

Buffalo Daze, Mother, May I?  

... Frank Castellano

War of the Worlds, Amigo  

... Ken Quinn

Lair, Enemy Lines  

... Mike Perry

Lincoln, Blonde  

... Dan Phillips

LaRoy, Texas, Under the Boardwalk  

... Shane Murphy

Out of My Mind, Mistress America  


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 22 July. 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 The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete.

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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