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With Michael Hadley, Charlie Rowe, Lucy Fleming, Philip Seymour Hoffman. A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Richard Curtis
- 2009-11-13
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The Boat That Rocked (titled Pirate Radio in North America [5]) is a 2009 comedy drama film written and directed by Richard Curtis about pirate radio in the United Kingdom during the 1960s. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost and Kenneth Branagh.
A boat approaches the Pirate Radio ship and drops off Young Carl (Tom Sturridge), a young man who has been expelled from school for smoking marijuana. He has been sent to spend time with his godfather Quentin (Bill Nighy), who owns the ship, allegedly to straighten him out.
Richard Curtis. An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman Bill Nighy Rhys Ifans Nick Frost Kenneth Branagh Chris O'Dowd Release date: 30 April 2009 Plot: A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in...
- 2 min
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Nov 13, 2009 · An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation.