"Out here survival is everything."

2013

2h 14m

7.5(7259 votes)

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Overview

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.

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64 members

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Tom Hanks

Captain Richard Phillips

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Barkhad Abdi

Muse

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Barkhad Abdirahman

Bilal

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Faysal Ahmed

Najee

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Mahat M. Ali

Elmi

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Michael Chernus

Shane Murphy

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David Warshofsky

Mike Perry

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Corey Johnson

Ken Quinn

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Chris Mulkey

John Cronan

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Yul Vazquez

Captain Frank Castellano

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Max Martini

SEAL Commander

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Catherine Keener

Andrea Phillips

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Omar Berdouni

Nemo

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Mohamed Ali

Asad

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Issak Farah Samatar

Hufan

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Thomas Grube

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Mark Holden

Maersk Alabama Crew

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San Shella

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Terence Anderson

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Marc Anwar

Maersk Alabama Crew

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David Webber

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Amr El-Bayoumi

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Vincenzo Nicoli

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Kapil Arun

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Louis Mahoney

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Peter Landi

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Angus MacInnes

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Ian Ralph

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Kristian Hjordt Beck

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Kurt Larsen

Maersk Alabama Crew

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Bader Choukouko

Somali Boy

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Idurus Shiish

Pirate Leader

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Azeez Mohammed

Pirate Leader

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Abdurazak Ahmed Adan

Pirate Leader

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Duran Mohamed Hassan

Asad's Crew

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Nasir Jama

Asad's Crew

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Kadz Souleiman

Asad's Crew

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Scott Oates

Navy SEAL Group

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David B. Meadows

Navy SEAL Group

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Shad Jason Hamilton

Navy SEAL Group

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Adam Wendling

Navy SEAL Group

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Billy Jenkins

Navy SEAL Group

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Mark Semos

Navy SEAL Group

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Dean Franchuk

Navy SEAL Group

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Rey Hernandez

Navy SEAL Group

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Christopher Stadulis

Navy SEAL Group

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Roger Edwards

Navy SEAL Group

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John Patrick Barry

Navy SEAL Group

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Raleigh Morse

Navy SEAL Group

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Dale McClellan

Navy SEAL Group

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Hugh Middleton

Navy SEAL Group

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Raymond Care

Navy SEAL Group

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Stacha Hicks

UKMTO Officer

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Will Bowden

US Maritime Officer

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Len Anderson IV

USS Bainbridge VBSS Officer

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Giovanni Alabiso

Airport Passenger (uncredited)

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Devon Black

Able Seaman L. Haddock (uncredited)

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Joshua Brown

Burlington Airport TSA Agent (uncredited)

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Steve Campbell

Lieutenant Commander Scott Atherton (uncredited)

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Bob Dio

TV News Reporter (uncredited)

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Maria Dizzia

Allison McColl (uncredited)

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Herman Gambhir

US Maritime Officer (uncredited)

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Georgia Goodman

US Maritime Aldington (uncredited)

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Max Wrottesley

Sub Lieutenant P. Ashton (uncredited)

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