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The Boat That Rocked (titled Pirate Radio in North America) is a 2009 British 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.
- US$36.6 million
- Richard Curtis
- US$50 million
Nov 13, 2009 · Partly based on real events, the movie deals with the struggles faced by rock and pop music to emerge in England in the early '60s, when the BBC only played one hour of that music per day. The solution: pirate radio stations, situated in the North Sea, playing rock music 24/7.
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- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Richard Curtis
- 2009-11-13
Nov 13, 2009 · In 1966, BBC radio broadcasts less than an hour of pop music a day, forcing pirate DJs to take up the slack from boats anchored outside British waters.
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- Richard Curtis
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- Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Nov 11, 2009 · Incredible but true: From the birth of rock 'n' roll, through the rise of the Beatles and the Stones, all the way until the late 1960s, the BBC used to broadcast only about 30 minutes per day of pop music. "Thought for the Day" did almost as well.
The Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a big, brash, American god of the airwaves; Quentin (Bill Nighy), the boss of Radio Rock - a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea that's populated by an eclectic crew of rock and roll DJs; Gavin (Rhys Ifans), the greatest DJ in Britain who has just returned from his drug tour of America to recla...
Pirate Radio. From the creator of Love Actually and Notting Hill comes a trip back to the freewheeling, free-loving '60s when the rock music that inspired a generation was censored by the government. 2,747 IMDb 7.3 1 h 56 min 2009. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Compelling · Emotional. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $4.29. Buy. HD $14.69.
The Boat That Rocked - Trailer No. 1. 2:18. Pirate Radio - Trailer No. 1. Cast & Crew. Tom Sturridge. as Carl. Philip Seymour Hoffman. as The Count. Rhys Ifans. as Gavin. Bill Nighy. as...
