The Boat That Rocked (retitled Pirate Radio for U.S. release) is an ensemble comedy film, released in the UK on April 1, 2009 and currently scheduled for a U.S. release on November 13, 2009. Set in 1966, it tells a story about a fictitious pirate radio station broadcasting from a ship to the United Kingdom. The film was written and directed by Richard Curtis and made by Working Title Films for Universal Pictures. Principal photography started on ...
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The Boat That Rocked (retitled Pirate Radio for U.S. release) is an ensemble comedy film, released in the UK on April 1, 2009 and currently scheduled for a U.S. release on November 13, 2009. Set in 1966, it tells a story about a fictitious pirate radio station broadcasting from a ship to the United Kingdom. The film was written and directed by Richard Curtis and made by Working Title Films for Universal Pictures. Principal photography started on March 4, 2008 on location off the southern English coast and ended in June 2008.
Carl (Tom Sturridge) arrives on the pirate radio ship, Radio Rock, after being sent to stay with the ship's Captain, his godfather, Quentin (Bill Nighy), to hopefully set his life on a different track after being expelled from school. Here he meets Radio Rock's crew of ramshackle disc jockeys, led by The Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a buoyant rock-loving American, along with the suave and bawdy Dave (Nick Frost) and the naive but good hearted Simon (Chris O...
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